Name:John Sandercock |
Birth Date: 1892 |
Where: Wandillong, Victoria |
Died: |
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Place of Enlistment: Beverley, Western Australia |
Age: 23 |
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Battalion: 28th |
Rank on Enlistment: Private |
Rank on Discharge/Death: Sergeant |
Awards: 1914 - 15 Star, British War Medal 1914 - 1920, Victory Medal,
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Service Details:
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25 May |
1915 Blackboy Hill Training camp |
9 June |
1915 Embarked from Fremantle |
August |
1915 Embarked Egypt |
10 Sept. – 12 Dec. |
1915 Gallipoli |
21 March |
1916 France |
6/7 June |
1916 Trench Raid |
7 June |
1916 Wounded, Trench Raid |
7 September |
1916 Rejoined Unit |
6/7 June |
1916 Trench Raid |
18 October |
1916 Promoted L/Corporal |
October |
1916 Ypres and Dernacourt |
3 November |
1916 Battle of Ancres Heights & Fricourt |
5 November |
1916 Promoted Corporal |
February |
1917 Warlencourt |
March |
1917 Attack on Malt Trench |
May |
1917 Battle of Bullecourt (Hindenburg Line) |
6 May |
1917 Promoted Sergeant |
June |
1917 Bapaume |
August |
1917 Cassel |
16 August |
1917 7th Training Battalion |
29 November |
1917 Rejoined Battalion |
December |
1917 Red Lodge |
7 April |
1918 Dernacourt |
19 April |
1918 Wounded |
11 November |
1918 Armistice |
7 March |
1919 Returned to Australia |
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Biographical Details:
John (Jack) Sandercock was born to Richard and Mary Sandercock in the farming district of Wandiligong of Victoria in 1892.
At the outbreak of the war Jack was farming in Beverley, Western Australia. It was here that he enlisted in the 28th Battalion in May 1915.
The 28th Battalion was located in Egypt for three months undergoing further training before transferring to Gallipoli. In October Jack was hospitalised and sent to Abbassia. He was able to rejoin his Battalion in time for the move to France.
During the Trench Raid, Jack was part of the Right Parapet Party. He was one of the four Raiders wounded while returning to the Australian trenches. While most of the Raiders were enjoying special leave in London, Jack was being treated for wounds to an arm and a leg.
Jack was able to return to the field in August and was quickly promoted L/Cpl and Corporal and eventually Sergeant. Unfortunately in April 1918 he was again wounded. He was invalided to England but his injuries were severe enough to see him returned to Australia where he was discharged in March 1919.
Jack returned to farming in the Beverley district. In 1920 he married Bertha Jane Gover with whom he had three children.
Jack died in 1963, aged 71. In 1967 Bertha applied for Jack’s ANZAC Commemorative Medallion.
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