SANDERS, Reginald John
| Service Number: | 2463 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 March 1916, West Maitland, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Kinchela, New South Wales, Australia, June 1893 |
| Home Town: | Eungai Creek, Nambucca Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Upper Eungai Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Menin Road, Belgium, 9 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2463, 1st Pioneer Battalion, West Maitland, New South Wales | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: |
Embarked
AIF WW1, Private, 2463, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' |
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| 30 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2463, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, KIA by enemy artillery following a gas attack | |
| 9 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2463, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, KIA vicinity Hooge near Ieper Belgium |
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"...2463 Private Reginald John Sanders, 1st Pioneer Battalion, of Eungai Creek, NSW. A labourer before enlisting in March 1916, Pte Sanders left Australia for England with the 4th Reinforcements in August 1916 and arrived in France for service on ther Western Front in March 1917. He was killed during a German artillery barrage which followed a gas attack whilst the 1st Pioneer Battalion was building a corduroy road between Chateau Wood and Hooge Dump along the Menin Road near Ypres, Belgium, on 9 September 1917, aged 24." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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