SADLER, John William
| Service Number: | 535 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Terang, Corangamite, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 May 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kolora Honour Roll, Terang 100th Centenary of Armistice Remembering Our Fallen, Terang War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 535, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 535, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 4 May 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 535, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 535 awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George and Elizabeth SADLER of Glenormiston North, Victoria.
On Wednesday Mr. George Sadler, of Glenormiston, was officially informed of the sad fact that his eldest son, Lance-Corporal John W. Sadler, had been killed in action in France on May 4th. Lance-Corporal Sadler, who was 26 years of age, enlisted in March, 1915. He served in Gallipoli, and was invalided home, but returned to active service as soon as he had recovered his health, and in July last he went to France where he rejoined his old battalion, the 24th. The late Corporal Sadler was an expert cheese-maker. At the Melbourne Show he took the championship of Australia for cheese, several years in succession, and he also secured awards at Sydney and at Islington (Eng.) His father on Friday last received from him a letter dated March 21. He mentioned that they had just taken Bapaume after nine days and nights solid going, up to their knees in mud and added that he had received special mention for good work in the lines during the action which resulted in the fall of Bapaume. A younger brother, Pte. E. J. Sadler, was killed in action on January 27 of this year.