William Sayer

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History

William Thomas Sayer was an Associate of the Ballarat School of Mines. He was a Lieutenant in the British Army 180th Field Company Royal Engineers. William Sayer was killed in action at France in 1916.[1]

Lieutenant William Thomas Sayer, who was killed in action on June 6, was the second son of the late Mr J.W. Sayer and Mrs Sayer, of Newtown, Geelong. Lieutenant Sayer was 27 years of age, was educated at the Geelong Grammar School, and took up mining engineering and metallurgy at the Ballarat School of Mines, and practised his profession in Queensland and New South Wales and the United States.[2]


In memory of Student - The flag at the Ballarat School of Mines was flying half-mast yesterday, in memory of Lieut. William Thomas Sayer, a former student, who was killed in actions on June 6. Lieut. Sayer studied at the Ballarat School of Mines, where he obtained his diploma of associateship in Metallurgy in 1911. [3]

Legacy

See also

World War One

Notes

References

  1. Ballarat School of Mines Students' Magazine. 1916.
  2. Ballarat Star, 14 June 1916.
  3. Ballarat Star, 15 June 1916.

Further Reading

External links

http://miningmudmedals.org/William_T._Sayer


--C.K.Gervasoni 09:35, 2 September 2014 (EST)