Frederick Leslie SAYERS

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SAYERS, Frederick Leslie

Service Numbers:	1042, W32113
Enlisted:	13 February 1915
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
Born:	Busselton, Western Australia, 13 December 1896
Home Town:	Busselton, Western Australia
Schooling:	Busselton State School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Bread Carter
Died:	Home of Peace, Subiaco, Western Australia, 1 November 1974, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Plot 2. Wall 4
Memorials:	Busselton Cenotaph Victoria Square, Busselton Rotary Park of Remembrance Memorial Walk, Langhorne Creek Brinkley District WW1 Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

13 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1042, 10th Light Horse Regiment
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1042, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Karoola, Fremantle
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1042, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: ''
5 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
1 Jun 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
5 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1042, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron , 5th MD

World War 2 Service

11 Nov 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, W32113

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Carina SAYERS (Carlo) and Flora Hasseldon THOMPSON

Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From the Army Museum of Western Australia

Frederick Sayers was born in Busselton. He left Australia for Egypt in 1915 with the 10th Light Horse Regiment. He described the journey as “very rough” in his diaries and the landing at Gallipoli as “bullets landing like stones.” He returned to Australia in 1919, married and was a keen footballer. He re enlisted in the Second War and headed for Victoria with the 24th Employment Company. He passed away in 1974. Frederick was one of approximately 1000 Aboriginal soldiers to serve during World War I.

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