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Arnold Ernest Sando

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Jun 22 Enlists at Keswick in 27BN 4th Reinforcement age 23 years and 9 months
Jul 16 NCO's School of Instruction, Zeitour
Aug 15 Completes NCO training  

Sydney Joseph Sando

Sep  21
Embarked "Star Of England" at Adelaide.
Disembarks in Egypt
21 Enlists age 18 years and 8 months
Oct 7 Postcard sent to Phyllis Dowdy from Egypt    
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Jan 10
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27BN arrives in Egypt from Gallipoli.
Promoted to L/Cpl while at Tel-el-Kebir camp near Cairo
   
Feb 3 Train to Ismalia on Suez Canal to take up defensive positions    
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Leave Suez Canal.
Inspected by General Birdwood.
Train to Alexandria
Embark at Alexandria on Troopship "Northland".
Disembark Marseilles, board train.
Detrain Thiennes, march to Morbecque
   
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March from Outerstein to Erquinghem
At front near Armentiers.
21 Taken on strength 48BN from 32BN, Serapeum
May 19 Photo of him sitting on fence    
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March into Belgium near Neuve Eglise (near Bailleul)
At front near Messines
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Goes to Alexandria
Disembarks Marseilles, sent to Armentieres
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Move out from Front
March into France via Steenwerck
4th division goes into Somme in early July
Train south to Saleux
March through cornfields with flowers
Letter and dried flowers to Alice Dowdy
March to Albert
March to La Boisselle
   
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Battle of Pozieres, Gun Shot Wound left arm
Embark at Calais for England.
War Hospital, Guildford
12 Killed in Action at Somme aged 19 years and 9 months  

Horace Oswald Sando

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Letter sent to Alice Dowdy
Admitted to Woodcote Park Convalescent Hospital, Epsom
    13 Enlists age 32 years and 7 months
Oct 23 Classified B.I.A (back in action)        
Nov         7 Departs Australia in "Afric"
Dec 25 Postcard and photo portrait from Wareham camp, Dorset        

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Jan         9 Disembarks at Plymouth
Feb 13 Colour tinted postcard of Bournemouth Public Gardens sent from Wareham  

Leslie Hurtle Sando

21 Admitted to hospital sick
Mar 25 Taken on strength 70 Battalion Wareham 1 Enlisted age 22 years 8 months 2 Leaves hospital
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Joins 10BN
Hospital with cellulitis right leg
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Completed 2 days testing for signalman
Qualified as first class signalman
       
Sep 19 Transferred back to 27 Battalion        
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Dec     22 Embarks H.M.T "Ulysses" in Melbourne    

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Enlists with substantive rank of Sergeant
Disembarked to Suez camp
Alexandria
Embarked H.M.T "Abbasirhi" at Alexandria
20 Sick with diarrhoea and boils on hip
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Diembarked Taranto, Italy
Entrained
Detrained Cherbourg, France
Disembarked Southhampton
Jellalabad Barracks, C'ford
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Mar 12 Returned to Australia on "Kenilworth Castle"     9
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On leave
End of leave
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Folkstone
Etaples
   
May  25 Disembarked "Field Marshal" at Adelaide  10 Taken on strength of 32BN 27 In hospital with influenza
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Discharged
Married G. Alice Dowdy
    8 In hospital with infected right knee
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Sep 29 Killed in Action age 24 years 3 months 26 Rejoins 10BN after hospital 
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Jan    
Feb 14 Leaves France for England
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May 20 Leaves England on Hospital Transport "Nestor"
Jun 29 Arrived in Australia