Victor Joseph SANDERS

Victor Joseph Sanders Photo:
State Library of Queensland
Birthplace
Warwick
Resided
Toowoomba
Occupation
Overseer
Enlisted
26-August-1914
Place
Toowoomba
Age
33
Status
Single
Service No
502
Rank
Private
Unit
9th Battalion, D Company
Embarked
24-September-1914
Place
Brisbane
Active Service
Egypt, Gallipoli
Highest rank
N/A
Honours and Awards
No
Fate
How Died
Killed in action
Date
25-April-1915
Place
Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli
Cemetery or Memorial
Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Notes

Also named on Toowoomba Mothers’ Memorial.

Brother of 466 Private Oscar Sanders.

 

On 25 April 1915 Victor Sanders was among the first Australians ashore at Gallipoli. Later that day he was listed as missing. Fourteen months later an AIF Court of Enquiry confirmed he had been killed in action.

25 soldiers named on the Roll of Honour died during the Gallipoli campaign.