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SANDILANDS, John Joseph
Personal Details
Service Number: | 531 |
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Enlisted: | 7 July 1915, Brisbane, Queensland and assigned to 31st Battalion, B Company intake. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Mareeba, Queensland, Australia, 20 March 1894 |
Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
Schooling: | Queensland State School System, Australia |
Occupation: | Plate Layer, Queensland Railways. |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 27 September 1917, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated: - Panel 23, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
7 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 531, Brisbane, Queensland and assigned to 31st Battalion, B Company intake. | |
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9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 531, 31st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 531, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
27 Sep 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 531, 31st Infantry Battalion, Killed in action Polygon Wood, Belgium. |
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