Career
On 25 December 1944, Sackley was severely wounded in a Japanese ambush in New Guinea. He was rescued by native New Guinean tribesmen and carried for six days to an American encampment. Sackley was transferred to Greenslopes hospital in Brisbane, Queensland, where it was discovered that he had also contracted malaria.
(The closest temple at the time was in Hawaii, but due to restricted United States entry they chose to move to Alberta, Canada There were also temples in the continental United States, but the Sackleys had difficulty obtaining visas) The Sackleys went to Alberta and were sealed in the Cardston Alberta Temple.
In order to pay for their trip the Sackleys sold all they owned in Australia, they embarked on a steamer leaving everything behind, acting on faith in their goal to seal their family together. After their sealing, the Sackleys decided to settle in Cardston.
Sackley worked as an accountant for a grocery company and as a business administrator for Cardston"s school district. Schooling and other employment opportunities moved the Sackley family to Logan and Provo in Utah as well as Edmonton, Alberta.
From Edmonton, Sackley was offered a position as the vice president of administration of Medicine Hat College in Medicine Hat, Alberta.
Sackley accepted the position and in 1973 became the president of the college. During this time, Sackley also served as an Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) bishop in Medicine Hat. In 1979, Sackley resigned as president of the college to become the first president of the church"s Philippines Quezon City Mission.
In 1982, immediately following his three-year term as a mission president, Sackley was asked to become the administrative assistant to the president of the Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Temple in Kensington, Maryland. In 1985, the Sackleys were served as missionaries in the newly constructed Sydney Australia Temple.
In 1986, Sackley was again assigned as a mission president, this time for the church"s Nigeria Lagos Mission. One year later, he was transferred to the newly created Second Quorum of the Seventy.
As a general authority, he served in the presidency of a number of the church"s areas and was managing director of the church"s Missionary Department.
Sackley died in Surfers Paradise, near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, while he was serving as a counselor in the presidency of Pacific Area, which was headquartered in Sydney.