BARDNEY, Richard
| Service Number: | 6953 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 October 1916, at Cootamundra |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Derby, England, February 1896 |
| Home Town: | Old Junee, Junee, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
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World War 1 Service
| 14 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6953, 1st Infantry Battalion, at Cootamundra | |
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| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6953, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6953, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 15 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6953, 1st Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW arm |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Errol Wood
Richard Bardney was born in 1896 in the city of Derby, England. He arrived in Australia during his childhood years and grew up in Cootamundra, New South Wales. Before enlistment, his occupation was a labourer. He was 20 years old, 8 months, and single when he enlisted.
Bardney enlisted with the AIF in the town of Cootamundra on the 14th October, 1916. He was placed in the 1st Battalion, 23rd Reinforcement. He embarked from Sydney, New South Wales onboard the HMAT A24 Benalla on the 9th November, 1916.
After arriving in Europe, he was involved in many battles in Belgium and France, including being wounded in April 1918. In November 1918 he was convicted of desertion, although the sentence was suspended in 1919.
Bardney was repatriated to Australia on the 12th June, 1919.