  Sergeant
Leslie Hurtle Sando, served with 32nd Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F
and was killed in action on Sunday, 29th September 1918.
Sergeant SANDO was the son of Joseph and Sarah Jane Sando, of Commercial Rd, Brighton,
South Australia. Born at Victoria Park, South Australia. His name appears on the
Congregational Church Honour Roll in Gartrell Memorial Church, Rose
Park. |
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1 March 1917 |
Enlisted age 22 and 8
months, #5126 14th reinforcement 32nd Battalion AIF. Previously Acting Staff Sergeant Major, Instructional Staff, Australia. |
| 18 December 1917 | Left Mitcham Camp |
| 22 December 1917 | Embarked HMT A38 ULYSSES at Melbourne |
| 23/1/18 | Disembarked Suez Camp, Egypt |
| 23/1/18 | Detrained to "A" Camp Gabbara, Alexandra, Egypt |
| 29/1/18 | Embarked HMT ABBASIRHI |
| 4/2/18 | Disembarked Taranto Camp, Italy |
| 7/2/18 | Entrained no.9 rest camp, Taranto, Italy |
| 14/2/18 | Detrained Cherbourg, France Embarked HMT PRINCE GEORGE at Cherbourg |
| 15/2/18 | Disembarked Southhampton, England |
| 17/2/18 | 15th Training Battalion, Codford, England |
| 20/2/18 | Sick in hospital for 3 days |
| 11/4/18 | 14th Training Battalion |
| 15/4/18 | Embarked ship at Folkestone, England |
| 17/4/18 | Etaples, France, New Zealand Infantry |
| 16/5/18 | 32nd Battlaion |
| 29 September 1918 | Killed in Action, age 25 |
Leslie Hurtle SANDO b. 6/6/1894 d. 29/9/1918 MILITARY CAREER 1. 01MAR1917 : Enlisted Adelaide SA 14th Reinforcements 32nd Infantry Battn. AIF Reg No 5126 AOE 22 years 8 months ROE Sgt. 2. 22DEC1917 : Embarked Melbourne VIC HMT A38 “ Ulysses “ 3. 16JAN1918 : Disembarked Suez Camp Egypt 4. 23JAN1918 : Disembarked “A” Camp Gabbara Alexandria 5. 29JAN1918 : Embarked HMT “ Abbasirhi “ Alexandria 6. 04FEB1918 : Disembarked Taranto Camp Italy 7. 07FEB1918 : Entrained No 9 Ret. Camp Taranto Italy 8. 14FEB1918 : Detrained Cherbourg France Embarked HMT “ Prince George “ 9. 15FEB1918 : Disembarked Southhampton England MI 15th Training Battn. Jellalabad Barracks Codford (School of Instructors) 10. 11APR1918 : MI 14th Training Battn. Codford 11. 15APR1918 : Proceed overseas Etaples France 12. 17APR1918 : TOS 32 Battn. France 13. 29SEP1918 : Killed in action France 14. Copy of Form “D” 16 undated ** 5126 Sgt SANDO L.H. 32nd Battalion A.I.F. Killed in Action 29-9-1918 This N.C.O. was killed by shell fire on 29th September 1918,about 300 yards to the right of ETRICOURT,France on the road and was buried almost where he was killed. (57C.S.E.V.8.b.) No map reference is now available. ** 15. Decorations - 1914/15 Star British War Medal No 59471 Victory Medal No 58391 years 4 months ROE Sapper 23OCT1917 : Disembarked "Kyarra" in Suez. MI Reinforcements Camp Moascar |
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| Memorial: | VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, Somme, France | |
| Location: | Villers-Bretonneux is a village 16 kilometres east of Amiens on the straight main road to St Quentin. The Memorial stands in Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, which is about 2 kilometres north of the village on the east side of the road to Fouilloy. Commemorated by name on the Memorial are over 10,000 Australian soldiers who fell in the battlefields of the Somme, Arras and the "Hundred Days" and who have no known grave. The Villers-Bretonneux Memorial is also the Australian National Memorial to the Australian soldiers who fought in France and Belgium during the First World War, to their dead, and especially to those of the dead whose graves are unknown. | |
| Historical Information: |
The Australian National Memorial was erected to commemorate Australian soldiers who fought in France and Belgium, to their dead, and especially to those of the dead whose graves are not known. These soldiers fell in the battlefields of the Somme, Arras and the "Hundred Days". There are now over 10,000, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated on this memorial. |
