SANDFORD, Percy Harold
| Service Number: | Officer |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 1 May 1916, Place of enlistment - Townsville, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lara, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Winton, Winton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | The Geelong College |
| Occupation: | Station Overseer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Mont St Quentin, France, 1 September 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu. France Plot II, Row I, Grave 25 |
| Memorials: | Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Geelong College WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Place of enlistment - Townsville, Queensland | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Dec 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant | |
| 17 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant | |
| 3 Mar 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, Embarked on RMS Ormonde from Sydney on 3rd March 1918, disembarking Suez, Egypt on 4th April 1918. Was admitted to hospital with Colic and Bronchitis being discharged and embarking from Port Tewfik on 3oth April 1918, disembarking Southampton, England on 15th May 1918. | |
| 14 Aug 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, Proceeded to France | |
| 31 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Severely wounded in the chest and abdomen whilst leading his platoon, succumbing to those wounds the following day. |
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SANDFORD, Percy Harold (1881-1918)
Percy Harold Sandford was born at Lara on 16 April 1881, the son of George James Sandford and Esther Anne nee Reed.
He attended Geelong College as a day student from 1895 until 1897. He was a member of the College 1st Cricket XI in 1896-97, a particularly good team. He did not enjoy the best of health, so spent some time in South Africa and Queensland, and it was from the latter place, while working as a station overseer at Winton, that, during World War I, he enlisted in the AIF on 1 May 1916. He embarked for France with a ‘Special Draft AIF Officers’ on RMS Ormonde from Sydney on 2 February 1918, arriving at Southampton on 15 May, and re-embarked for France as a second lieutenant with 42 Battalion (The Black Watch) on 14 August. He died seventeen days later, on 1 September 1918 of wounds sustained at Mont St Quentin.
When the British graves were consolidated after the war, Sandford was re-interred in Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu - Grave II.I.25.
His brothers, George James Sandford (1872-1940), Cecil Everard Sandford (1874-1946), Albert Edward Sandford (1877-1942); and Ernest William Sandford (1883-1959), were all educated at Geelong College.
Source : The Geelong College - http://gnet.geelongcollege.vic.edu.au:8080/wiki/SANDFORD-Percy-Harold-1881-1918.ashx
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