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BARNDEN, Charles John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1788 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 February 1916, Mildura, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Brunswick State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Fruit grower |
| Died: | Killed in Action, St Quentin, France, 29 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile Plot III, Row B, Grave 4 Headstone Inscription "THY WILL BE DONE", Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Picardie, France, Bellicourt British Cemetery, Bellicourt, Picardie, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Mildura Cenotaph |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1788, 38th Infantry Battalion, Mildura, Vic. | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1788, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 1788, 38th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1788, 38th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1788, 38th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele | |
| 29 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1788, 38th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Killed in action |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Parents: John H and Catherine BARNDEN, husband of Ida C. Ingham (formerly BARNDEN), Baillie Street, Horsham, Victoria. Native of Brunswick, Victoria, Australia
Brother: 7199 Pte John Leonard BARNDEN, 6th Bn, returned to Australia, 23 March 1919.
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