SADLER, Henry
| Service Number: | 23 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Headquarters |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Swanston Street State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Iron turner |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Geelong St. Matthew's Anglican Church Memorial Pulpit, Geelong Corio Bay Rowing Club Honor Roll, Geelong East St Matthew's Church Roll of Honour, Geelong Yarra Street Methodist Church Honour Roll Window, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 23, 8th Infantry Battalion, Headquarters | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 23, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 23, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne | |
| 1 May 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 23, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 23 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-01 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Corporal Henry Sadler, who was wounded on the 28 April 1915 and died of wounds on the 1 May 1915, was a native of Geelong. He may have died aboard a hospital ship as he has no known grave. Prior to the outbreak of the war, he worked with his father as a plasterer and bricklayers' contractor. He was educated at, the Swanston Street School, Geelong, and the Gordon Technical College. According to local papers he was a prominent member of several athletic clubs, including the Geelong Rowing Club and the Geelong Football Club. He was also a member of the Presbyterian Guild. He was one of the first to enlist from Geelong. He was single and 26 year of age. His parents lived in Fitzroy Street, Geelong.
His younger brother 9065 Driver Hector Alfred Sadler 106th Howitzer Battery, 6th Field Artillery Brigade was killed in action 30 July, 1916. Age 24.