"Too far away thy grave to see, but not too far to think of thee"
SALE, Robert Henry Moodkee
Service no 2508 Private 12th Battalion
Born Toowoomba, Qld. Son of Rev. George Augustus and Mabel Florence SALE Of the Vicarage, Leveeka, Fiji Occupation prior to enlistment Postal Assistant Enlisted 08 July 1915 at Claremont, Tas. Killed in action 19-20 September 1917 Aged 23 years Commemorated Ypres Menin Gate Memorial
Tasmania Weekly Courier 13 December 1917 Insert 5
SALES, Basil Edward
Service no 8417 Private 6th Field Ambulance
Born Ormley, Tas. Son of Henry SALES Of Deloraine, Tas.
Tasmania Weekly Courier 20 January 1916 Insert 4
SALES, Henry Tasman
Service no 8419 Private 6th Field Ambulance
Born Fingal, Tas. Son of Henry and Julia SALES Of 268 York St., Launceston, Tas. Died of wounds 06 January 1917 Aged 28 years Buried Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe V F 26
Tasmania Weekly Courier 08 February 1917 Insert 4
SALISBURY, Percy Archibald
Service No: M/7003 Shipwright 2nd Class Royal Navy HMS ‘Defence’
Son of Mr James & Mrs Sophia SALISBURY Of 6 Warren St., Keyham, Devonport Husband of Bessie SALISBURY Drowned in the North Sea Battle 31 May 1916. Aged 28 years Commemorated Plymouth Naval Memorial Panel 17
Tasmania Weekly Courier 03 August 1916 Insert 4
SALTER, Joseph Henry
Service No 6084 Private 12th Battalion
Born St. Helens, Tas. Son of M SALTER Of St. Helens, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Butcher Enlisted 27 April 1916 Returned to Australia 16 June 1919
SALTER, Robert Ernest
Service no 494 Private 40th Battalion
Son of Ann SALTER Of St. Marys, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Labourer Enlisted 08 February 1916 Returned to Australia 1919
Tasmania Weekly Courier 03 May 1917 Insert 4
SALTMARSH, Horace Edgar
Service no 2389 Private 40th Battalion
Son of Lewis Henry SALTMARSH Of Porwanna, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Labourer Enlisted 12 September 1916 Served on Western Front Died of wounds 05 October 1917 Buried Nine Elms British Cemetery
Tasmania Weekly Courier 16 August 1917 Insert 5
SALTMARSH, Lindon Roderick
Service no 4034 Private 12th Battalion
Son of E M SALTMARSH Of Western Junction, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Jockey Enlisted 04 September 1915 Awarded Military Medal Returned to Australia 1919
Tasmania Weekly Courier 04 July 1918 Insert 5
SAMPSON, Charles Edward (seated)
Service no 1086 Lance Corporal 15th Battalion
Born: Wonallon, Tasmania Mother: Mrs. E. SAMPSON Of Pontville, Brighton, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Labourer Enlisted: 21 September 1914 Embarkation: 22 December 1914 from Melbourne per ‘Ceramic’ Age: 23 years Served in Egypt, Gallipoli & France Wounded in Action on 2 occasions: 1/5/1915 at Gallipoli & 25/8/1918 at France Returned to Australia: 25 December 1918 per ‘Pt Lyttleton’ Discharged: 25 February 1919
Tasmania Weekly Courier 14 February 1918 Insert 5
SAMPSON, William Aaron
Service No: 1093 Private 15th Battalion
Born: Swanson Tasmania Son of Aaron & Sarah SAMPSON Of Queenstown, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Labourer Enlisted: 16 September 1914 Embarkation: 22 December 1914 from Melbourne per ‘Ceramic’ Age: 23 years Served in Egypt & Gallipoli Killed In Action: 14 May 1915 Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey (Panel 49)
Born St. Marys, Tas. Son of Mrs E Sanders Of St. Marys, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Labourer Enlisted: 10 December 1914 Embarkation: 11 February 1915 from Sydney per ‘Seang Choon’ Age: 23 years Served In Gallipoli & France Wounded in Action: 22 July 1916 Returned to Australia: 29 January 1919 per ‘Burma’ Discharged: 31 May 1919
Tasmania Weekly Courier 24 June 1915 Insert 3
SANDERSON, Robert
Service No: 5180 Private 15th Battalion, 52nd Battalion
Born: Northumberland, Scotland NOK: Sister: Mrs. Helen GILBERT Of 65 Wentworth Rd, Homebush, NSW Occupation prior to enlisting: Sausage casing cleaning Enlisted: 4 January 1916 at Ross, Tasmania Embarkation: 29 March 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Orontes’ Age: 30 years Served in Egypt & France Illness Died of heart failure on 1 January 1917 Buried: Vignacourt Communal Cemetery, Picardie, France Plot 6, Row B
Tasmania Weekly Courier 12 October 1916 Insert 4
SANSOM, John Brian
Service No 33521 Gunner 11th Field Artillery Brigade
Born Hobart, Tas. Son of Walter L SANSOM Of Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Farmer Enlisted 03 August 1916 Returned to Australia 16 June 1919
SAUNDERS, Allan William
Service no 972 Private 26th and 9th Battalions
Son of John & Caroline SAUNDERS Returned to Australia 21 December 1916 per 'Barambah'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 22 July 1915 Insert 5
SAUNDERS, Colin
Service no 977 Private 9th Battalion
Born 1894 at Bracknell, Tasmania Son of John and Caroline SAUNDERS Of Upper Liffey Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Cane Cutter Enlisted: 21 August 1914 in Townsville, Queensland Embarkation: 24 September 1914 from Brisbane per HMAT Omrah Age: 21 years Served in Egypt & Gallipoli Killed in Action: 25 April 1915 Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey (Panel 31)
Tasmania Weekly Courier 15 July 1915 Insert 5
SAUNDERS, Harry
Service No 274 Lance Corporal 12th Battalion, 3rd Infantry Brigade – 13th Light Trench Mortar Battery
Born 1893 at Launceston, Tasmania Son of William Saunders Occupation prior to enlistment Enlisted 02 September 1914 at Brighton, Tasmania Served in Gallipoli, Tel-El-Kebir and France Died of Accidental Wounds 05 April 1917 at 2nd London Casualty Clearing Station Buried Grovetown British Military Cemetery. Plot 4, Row C, Grave No. 44
Tasmania Weekly Courier 19 August 1915 Insert 5
SAUNDERS, James Leslie
Service no 879 Warrant Officer 2nd Class 9th Battalion
Born 1890 at Bracknell, Tasmania Son of John and Caroline SAUNDERS Occupation prior to enlistment Labourer Enlisted 21 August 1914 at Townsville, Qld. Served in Gallipoli and France Killed in action 22 August 1916 in France Commemorated Villers Bretonneux
Tasmania Weekly Courier 17 December 1914 Insert 5
SAUNDERS, Leslie James
Service No: 966 Private 12th Battalion, 26th Battalion
Born: Marthinna, Tasmania Father: Robert SAUNDERS Of Marthinna, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Wood Cutter Enlisted: 23 February 1915 Embarkation: 29 June 1915 from Brisbane per ‘Aeneas’ Age: 25 years Served in Egypt & Gallipoli Suffered from Enteric Fever Returned to Australia for Change on 10 April 1916 Re-embarkation: 30 September 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Palermo’ Served in England & France Killed in Action: 26 March 1917 Villers Bretonneux Memorial, France
Tasmania Weekly Courier 29 July 1915 Insert 4
SAUNDERS, Walter
Service No: 82393 Gunner 40th Battalion, 4th DAC
Born: 1 November 1884 at Bracknell, Tasmania Married with 4 children Wife: Margaret SAUNDERS Of Bracknell, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Farmer Enlisted: 14 March 1918 Embarkation: 1 May 1918 from Sydney per ‘Euripides’ Age: 33 years Served in England & France Returned to Australia: 2 September 1919 Discharged: 3 October 1919
Tasmania Weekly Courier 23 May 1918 Insert 5
SAUNDERS, William Henry
Service no 1645 Corporal 52nd Battalion
Born Coburg, Vic. Son of Robert SAUNDERS Of 58 Counsel St., Zeehan, Tas. Killed in action 16 October 1917 Commemorated Ypres Menin Gate Memorial
Tasmania Weekly Courier 27 May 1915 Insert 4
SAVAGE, Henry
Service No: 477 Private 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance
Born: Beaconsfield, Tasmania Mother: Hettie SAVAGE Of Weld St, Beaconsfield, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Green grocer Enlisted: 31 October 1914 Embarkation: 15 December 1914 from Brisbane per ‘Borda’ Age: 19 years Served in the Middle East Returned to Australia: 1 may 1918 per ‘Wiltshire’ Discharged: 4 June 1918 Died: 8 August 1961 Buried: Beaconsfield Cemetery, Tasmania
Tasmania Weekly Courier 06 June 1918 Insert 5 Tasmania Weekly Courier 31 May 1917 Insert 5
SAVAGE, Richard
Service No: 7798 Private 12th Battalion
Born: Devonport, Tasmania Married with 3 children Wife: Elizabeth SAVAGE Of 281 Brisbane Rd, Launceston, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Carpenter Enlisted: 24 April 1917 Embarkation: 4 August 1917 from Melbourne per ‘Themistocles’ Age: 29 Years Served in England & France Returned to Australia: 13 August 1919 per ‘Norman’ Discharged: 22 September 1919 Died: 22 July 1938
Tasmania Weekly Courier 06 June 1918 Insert 5
SAVILLE, John William
Service no 3510 Private 12th Battalion
Born Leith, Tas. Son of William SAVILLE Of The Don, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Labourer Enlisted 05 August 1915 at Claremont, Tas. Returned to Australia 12 March 1917 per 'Beltana'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 17 February 1916 Insert 5
SAWARD, Archie Gordon
Service No: 7544 Private 12th Battalion, 40th Battalion
Born: Ridgley, Tasmania Father: John Henry SAWARD Of Burnie, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Labourer Enlisted: 19 October 1916 Embarkation: 14 June 1917 from Sydney per ‘Hororata’ Age: 23 years Served in France Wounded in Action: 28 March 1918 Returned to Australia: 18 August 1919 per ‘Wiltshire’ Discharged: 22 September 1919
SAWARD, Henry Hope
Service No: 7543 Private 12th Battalion, 40th Battalion
Born: Burnie, Tasmania Father: John Henry SAWARD Of Burnie, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Farmer Enlisted: 19 October 1916 Embarkation: 14 June 1917 from Sydney per ‘Hororata’ Age: 20 years Served in France Returned to Australia: 18 August 1919 per ‘Wiltshire’ Discharged: 22 September 1919
SAWARD, James Howard
Service No: 3272 Private 3rd Light Horse
Born: Burnie, Tasmania Father: John Henry SAWARD Of Burnie, Tasmania Occupation prior to enlisting: Laborer Enlisted: 19 October 1916 Embarkation: 20 February 1917 from Melbourne per ‘Morea’ Age: 28 years Served in the Middle East Suffered from Malaria Returned to Australia: 21 May 1919 per ‘Warwickshire’ Discharged: 23 July 1919
SAWARD, Vivan Charles Arthur
Service no 4075 Private 45th Battalion
Born Montagu, Tas. Son of James SAWARD Of Montagu, Tas. Returned to Australia 02 March 1919 per 'City of Exeter'
Tasmania Weekly Courier 03 February 1916 Insert 5
SAWFORD, John James
Service no 1714 Private 13th Light Horse Regiment
Son of John R SAWFORD Of 11 Melbourne Street, Hobart, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Labourer Resided Whiteford, Tas. Enlisted 04 September 1915 Returned to Australia 07 July 1919
Tasmania Weekly Courier 27 January 1916 Insert 6
SAYER, Kitchener Herbet William (right)
Service No 2393 Private 40th Battalion
Born Oyster Cove, Tas. Son of Bertha SAYER Of Middleton, Tas. Occupation prior to enlistment Mariner Resided Kingborough, Tas. Enlisted 25 September 1916 Served on the Western Front Returned to Australia 02 March 1919
SAYER, William Samuel
Service no Z2084 Lieutenant 12th Battalion
Born Richmond Victoria Son of Benjamin and Annie Sayer Occupation prior to enlistment Accountant Enlisted 8th January 1917 at Wynyard, Tas. Served in France Killed on 23rd April 1918 at Metteren France. Buried at Metteren France