SANDFORD J.H.

Given Names:  James Hutcheson

Service Number:  1023

Unit:  21st Battalion, A Company                                                                                      

Rank:  Private  

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Age:  28 Yrs  4 Mths

Occupation:  Labourer (Electrical)                                                                                   

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  11¾ In                

Weight:  174 Lbs

Chest:  36-39 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Dark

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  21/1/1915

Place:  Broadmeadows

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Agnes Sandford

42 Lilydale Road, Auburn, Victoria                                                                                    

Embarkation Date:  10/5/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ulysses A38

END OF WAR 

Status:  Killed in action

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Disembarked: 

Unit:  21st Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Lance Sergeant

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  19428

British War Medal:  11791

Victory Medal:  11737

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1886

Place:  Kyneton, Victoria                          

Father:  David SANDFORD                      

Mother:  Mary Ann WINDRIDGE

MARRIAGE

Year:  1913     

Place:             

Spouse: Agnes SHARP

DEATH

Date or Year: 9/10/1917                          

Place: Passchendaele, Belgium                

Burial:  No known grave

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

RTA 21/1/1916 on Commonwealth; reimbarked HMAT Orontes, 29/3/1916, 11th reinforcements

Originally returned suffering from Enteric Fever contracted at Gallipoli

Wounded in action 31/7/1916; shrapnel wound, back

Promotions: Corporal, 28/8/1915; Lance Sergeant, 1/9/1916

Reported missing in action 9/10/1917; court of enquiry 7/2/1918 confirmed fate as KIA (shrapnel) at Daisy Wood in Ypres

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

St Hilary’s Church

Hawthorn Town Hall

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 340840

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

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