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Leongatha & District
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
HISTORY OF THE FORMER WOORAYL SHIRE
Dumbalk • Inverloch • Koonwarra • Leongatha • Meeniyan • Ruby
Tarwin Lower • Venus Bay • Walkerville
SANDBERG, Wilhelm "William"
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Private/gunner 2333
13th Light Horse 2nd Australian Field Artillery
Hudiksvall Sweden and was a naturalized British subject. His place of residence was Leongatha.
Mr. J Sandberg Stockholm Sweden
Leongatha 8/3/1917
Age 25 years 1 month
Church of England
Rabbit trapper
He was killed in action on 26/9/1918
He was buried at Tincourt British Military Cemetery Picardie France
He lived in Leongatha, Victoria
He was Swedish and was naturalized in early 1917
He attended a Swedish National School
He is not on the Leongatha Memorial Hall Black Marble Honour Roll
He gave his home as Leongatha and he did a medical at Korumburra
His place of association was given as Yarraville on his circular
9/3/17 He enlisted in Leongatha
21/6/17 He embarked Melbourne on the HMAT Suevic
26/9/18 He was killed inn action
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