Thomas Radford Sage (1889 - 1915)

Born 20 Oct 1889 in Angaston South Australia

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Died 25 Apr 1915 at age 25 in Gallipoli Turkey

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Biography

Thomas Sage is an Anzac who served in World War One.

Lance Corporal Thomas Sage was killed in action during World War I.

Thomas enlisted while at his Uncle Walter orchard at Curlwaa in NSW on 27 August 1914. He was a Private in 8th Battalion H Company and was 26 when he was killed at Gallipoli. He is buried in Shell Green Cemetery Artillery Road Plot 5 at Gallipoli.

PTE. T. SAGE.

Friends of Pte. T. Sage, son of Mr. Sam Sage of Port Lincoln, and formerly of Angaston, will regret to hear that he has been killed in action against the Turks at the Dardanelles. Deceased was 25 years of age, and was born at Angaston, where he spent the greater part of his life. After the family went to the west coast he was employed in the Forest Department there. Later he and one of his brothers (Mr. C. F. Sage) took up land at Wentworth, and indulged in fruitgrowing. Deceased enlisted in New South Wales, and went to the front with the 8th Battalion from Victoria. He was popular with all who knew him, and was well known in athletic circles. Soldierly qualities have been prominently associated with the family for generations. Pte. Sage's grandfather served with the British Navy in the Crimean war, and was the only one out of a certain party of eight sailors who came out of one engagement alive. His great-great-grandfather was in charge of an English ship at the time of the Napoleonic wars, and, with his two sons (midshipmen), was lost at sea. The late Pte. Sage once had a desire to join the British Navy. When volunteers were called for in the present war he eagerly responded. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "PTE. T. SAGE." Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 - 1931) 22 May 1915: 40. Web. 31 Aug 2022 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164190326>.

• South Australia Birth Index. (Genealogy SA, https://www.genealogysa.org.au/index.php : accessed 31 Aug 2022) database entry for Thomas Radford SAGE (Birth date 20 Oct 1889, Father Samuel SAGE, Mother Helen FORBES, Birth residence Angaston) Reference: District Angaston, Book/Page 447/251/
• Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office; B2455, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920. SAGE Thomas Radford : Service Number 956 NAA: B2455, SAGE THOMAS RADFORD
• Roll of Honour. (Australian War Memorial, http://www.awm.gov.au : accessed 31 Aug 2022) Thomas Radford Sage Service number 956, Rank Lance Corporal, Unit 8th Australian Infantry Battalion. Date of death 25 Apr 1915, Place of death Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey. Cause of death killed in action. Age at death 26. Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey.