Pte
William Sales
Army information
Country: Australia |
Force: Australian Imperial Force |
Rank: Private |
Service number: 5917 |
Units: — Australian Infantry, 28th Bn. (Western Australia) (Last known unit) |
Information about death
Date of death: 09/10/1917 |
Cemetery
Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood Plot: VII Row: A Grave: 3 |
Distinctions and medals 2
British War Medal Medal |
Victory Medal Medal |
Sources 2
28th Australian Infantry Battalion, (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM4 23/45/31). https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1338583 Sources used |
First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, (National Archives of Australia, Canberra (NAA), B2455, SALES W). https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/NameSearch.aspx Sources used |
More information 4
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/480440 |
Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=9e9b418b-d9c5-4885-b0a5-d8c312961793 |
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7578995 |
The AIF Project (UNSW Canberra) https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=265558 |