SAYERS, Frederick Leslie
| Service Numbers: | 1042, W32113 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
| Born: | Busselton, Western Australia, 13 December 1896 |
| Home Town: | Busselton, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Busselton State School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Bread Carter |
| Died: | Home of Peace, Subiaco, Western Australia, 1 November 1974, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Plot 2. Wall 4 |
| Memorials: | Busselton War Memorial, Langhorne Creek Brinkley District WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1042, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1042, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Karoola, Fremantle | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1042, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron | |
| 1 Jun 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron | |
| 5 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1042, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron , 5th MD |
World War 2 Service
| 11 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, W32113 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Carina SAYERS (Carlo) and Flora Hasseldon THOMPSON
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From the Army Museum of Western Australia
Frederick Sayers was born in Busselton. He left Australia for Egypt in 1915 with the 10th Light Horse Regiment. He described the journey as “very rough” in his diaries and the landing at Gallipoli as “bullets landing like stones.” He returned to Australia in 1919, married and was a keen footballer. He re enlisted in the Second War and headed for Victoria with the 24th Employment Company. He passed away in 1974. Frederick was one of approximately 1000 Aboriginal soldiers to serve during World War I.
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