SAUNDERS, Samuel Archie
| Service Number: | 6831 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 January 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 14th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 6 February 1886 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Pulteney Street School,Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 14 August 1916, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Plot: VIII. B. 139., Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ceduna Denial Bay and Districts WW1 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Driver, 6831, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 6831, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, HMAT Karoola, Sydney | |
| 14 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 6831, 14th Machine Gun Company, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6831 awm_unit: 14 Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-08-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Wendy James
The late Sgt Samuel Archie Saunders was the son of the the late John Barnett and Rachel Saunders. He was the older brother to Julie, Brahham (pre-deceased Archie) and Leila.
Biography
"LATE SGT. S. A. SAUNDERS.
The late Sgt. S. A. Saunders was the eldest and only surviving son of the late Mr. J. B. Saunders. He left Sydney in June, 1915, as a motor driver in the expeditionary forces. In the following October, as a corporal, he entered a school of instruction for machine guns, and, after three weeks, entered for an examination, and received a first-class certificate. Later he passed his final examination with credit, and was placed on the staff of instructions. In June last he left Egypt for France, where he was wounded in July in the chest and an arm, and died in that country on August 14." - from the Adelaide Observer 23 Sep 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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