| Accession Number | P09291.260 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Digital print |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Australia: South Australia, Adelaide |
| Date made | c 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 5126 Sergeant (Sgt) Leslie Hurtle Sando, 32nd Battalion. A lithographer from ...
Description
Studio portrait of 5126 Sergeant (Sgt) Leslie Hurtle Sando, 32nd Battalion. A lithographer from Brighton, South Australia, prior to enlistment he held the rank of Acting Staff Sergeant Major on the AIF Instructional Staff. He embarked with the substantive rank of Sergeant with the 14th Reinforcements of the 32nd Battalion from Melbourne on 22 December 1917 aboard HMAT Ulysses for Suez and then to England via Taranto, Italy, and Cherbourg, France. He then spent eight weeks with the School of Instruction at Jellalabad Barracks, Tidworth, before joining his battalion on the Western Front near Corbie, France on 10 May 1918. Sgt Sando was killed in action near Nauroy, France, on 29 September 1918. He has no known grave and he is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France. He was aged 25 years. His younger brother, 2404 Pte Sydney Joseph Sando, 48th Battalion, was killed in action at Pozieres on 12 August 1916. He also has no known grave and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.