Oswin Kenneth (Ken) SANDERSON

SANDERSON, Oswin Kenneth

Service Number: QX10004
Enlisted: 12 June 1940
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/7th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment
Born: Parkes, NSW, 15 September 1914
Home Town: Wandoan, Western Downs, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Papua, 19 December 1942, aged 28 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dalby 'The Fallen' Honour Board, Dalby War Memorial, Greenslopes 2nd/7th Cavalry Regiment Honour Roll, Parkes & District Cenotaph
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Corporal, QX10004
12 Jun 1940: Enlisted
12 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX10004, 2nd/7th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment , Toowoomba, Qld.
19 Dec 1942: Discharged

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John Finley Sanderson and Frances Catherine Sanderson, of Tweed Heads, New South Wales.

"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS..."

MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES
Mrs P. E. Sanderson, of Boyd's Bay, Tweed Heads, has been officially advised that her late son, Cpl O. K." (Ken) Sanderson, has been mentioned in  dispatches as having rendered gallant and distinguished service in the South west Pacific area. Cpl Sanderson, was killed in action in the New Guinea area on December 19, 1942.

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