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SAWYER, Tom
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6644 |
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Enlisted: | 22 December 1915, Place of enlisted - Darwin, Northern Territory |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 1st Anzac Entrenching Battalion |
Born: | Batto, Somersetshire England, United Kingdom, 1876 |
Home Town: | Darwin, Darwin, Northern Territory |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Miner/Teamster |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 25 September 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Etaples Military Cemetery Plot XXV1, Row D, Grave 7A Headstone inscription reads: "Victorious too shall rise he who has drunk Christ's Cup of Sacrifice", Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Darwin War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
22 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6644, Place of enlisted - Darwin, Northern Territory | |
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17 Jan 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 6644, Tunnelling Companies, Embarked on RMS Omrah from Melbourne on 17th January 1917, disembarking Devonport, England on 27th March 1917. | |
6 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Sawyer was also appointed a V.O. (Voyage Only) Sergeant on 17th January 1917, reverting to a Sapper on 27th March 1917 but being appointed an Acting Sergeant on the same day which was withdrawn when he proceeded overseas to France on 9th May 1917. | |
17 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 6644, 1st Anzac Entrenching Battalion, Shell wound to the left leg. Gas burns to head, hands, neck and face | |
25 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 6644, 1st Anzac Entrenching Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6644 awm_unit: 1st Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-25 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William and Sarah Ann Sawyer of Haydon, Radstock, Somersetshire, England
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal