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SADLER, Horace Harry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | WX687 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 November 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Donnybrook, Western Australia, Australia , 1 August 1913 |
| Home Town: | Victoria Park, Victoria Park, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway repairer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Germany, 20 April 1945, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX687 | |
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| 10 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX687, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Apr 1940: | Embarked 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion, disembarked in the Middle East on 19 May 1940 | |
| 10 Apr 1941: | Embarked 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion, Gaza to Greece; declared missing 4 Jun 1941 | |
| 8 Jun 1941: | Imprisoned officially reported POW 30 Oct 1941, Germany - wounded in action prior to being captured | |
| 20 Apr 1945: | Involvement killed by enemy fire while POW, at 31 years old |
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