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Francis Joseph SALE

Regimental number7093
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
SchoolSt Vincent (Catholic) School, Redfern, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationPainter
Address63 Morehead Street, Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinO, Mrs Mary Sale, 63 Morehead Street, Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in No 1 Telegraph Co, Corps of Aus. Engineers.
Enlistment date2 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentTrumpeter
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 5, Brigade HQ
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/33/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Divisional Signal Company
FateDied of wounds 2 November 1917
Place of death or wounding2nd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station
Date of death2 November 1917
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row HH, Grave No. 6A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
26
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Mary SALE, 63 Morehead Street, Redfern, Sydney
Family/military connectionsBrother H M Sale 3rd Batt.

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