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Herbert SANDERCOCK

Regimental number2833
Place of birthMorchard, South Australia
SchoolPrivate School; then Gawler Public School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarm labourer
Address108 Gate Street, East Wagin, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinFather, T Sandercock, Gawler, South Australia
Enlistment date5 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 5 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll51st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularPrior to enlistment he was living on his own farm at East Wagin, Western Australia.
FateDied of wounds 14 October 1917
Place of death or woundingDied at the 20th General Hospital, Camiers, France
Age at death36
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXX, Row D, Grave NO. 2A), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
154
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Willaston Cemetery, Gawler, South Australia. Parents: Thomas (d. 21c August 1916, aged 72; bu. Willaston Cemetery) and Sarah (d. 18 February 1929, aged 81; bu. Willaston Cemetery) SANDERCOCK. Native of Hundred of Pinda, Morchard, South Australia
Family/military connectionsCousins served.
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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