Frederick Robert SANSOM

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SANSOM, Frederick Robert

Service Number:	5409
Enlisted:	18 May 1916
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Stockton, New South Wales, Australia, 28 December 1891
Home Town:	Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 16 December 1958, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Newcastle (Sandgate) War Cemetery Age 66. ANGLICAN 3-202. 37.
Memorials:	Williamtown Public School Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

18 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5409, Mining Corps
20 Sep 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 5409, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
20 Sep 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 5409, Mining Corps, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne
30 Sep 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 5409, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 5409, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne
13 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5409, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), MD - Wounded GSW to left thigh 29/9/1918. Note on AWM that final rank Farrier Sgt? https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10945363

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

Sapper Frederick Robert Sansom, 1st Australian Tunnelling Company (Reg No-5409), farmer and slaughterman from Williamtown, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery on the 18th December 1958, age 66. ANGLICAN 3-202. 37.
Wounded in action - 29.9.1918 (GSW left thigh).
No headstone.

Wooden cross erected - 24.5.2015.

I will be submitting an application to DVA asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip to restore Honour and Dignity to Mr. Sansom.

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