SANDLAND, Arnold Lindsay
| Service Number: | SX4280 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 June 1940, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 7th Division Signals |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 17 October 1917 |
| Home Town: | Torrens Park, Mitcham, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Scothch College, Torrens Park |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Cardiac Failure, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia , 2 June 1983, aged 65 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Scots Church WW II Honour Board |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Jun 1940: | Involvement Lieutenant, SX4280, 7th Division Signals, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre | |
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| 3 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 3 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, SX4280 | |
| 16 Oct 1945: | Discharged | |
| 16 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, SX4280 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
Kokoda Service
Written by D.M.Eyre 29th August 1969. Letter in Sandland Family collection.
"I would advise that I served with Mr. Sandland from the date of his enlistment in the A.I.F. in May 1940, until I left the section at the conclusion of the Ramu Valley operations in February, 1944.
In Late 1942, our brigade was committed piecemeal in order to stem the advance of the Japanese over the Kokoda Trail and we fought a delaying action from our first contact with the enemy forward of Alola in August 1942, until our final relief by 25 Brigade at Imita Ridge in late September of the same year.
Due to the fact that our Section Officer was in a complete state of panic during that period, Sergeant Sandland as Senior Sergeant of the Section took complete control of communications for the Brigade and throughout this action worked tirelessly night and day.
This was only one of the many problems to which he was submitted both during this period and during subsequent operations at Gona and Sananarda later in this same year."
Submitted 9 May 2015 by mary Hood nee Sandland
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