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Frederick William SANDFORD

Regimental number4366
Place of birthWallaroo, South Australia
SchoolWallaroo Public School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFireman
AddressCornish Terrace, Wallaroo, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Edith Sandford, Cornish Terrace, Wallaroo, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the 24th Light Horse.
Enlistment date11 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 25 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 23 March 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialOuttersteene Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 32), Bailleul, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
121
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Edith SANDFORD, Cornish Terrace, Wallaroo, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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