BAWDEN, Thomas Phillip
Service Number: | 3242 |
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Enlisted: | 19 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | 5th Divisional Signal Company |
Born: | Rockdale, New South Wales , Australia, 1895 |
Home Town: | Wahroonga, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia, 17 January 1941, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Springwood General Cemetery, New South Wales |
Memorials: | Blaxland & Glenbrook District War Memorial, Glenbrook Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
19 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3242, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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13 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3242, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
13 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3242, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney | |
13 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion, At Tel-el-Kebir. Transferred from the 4th Battalion | |
27 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 8th Field Company Engineers, At Tel-el-Kebir | |
11 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, 5th Divisional Signal Company, Taken on strength in the field | |
30 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 3242, 5th Divisional Signal Company, Gassed. | |
13 Jul 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 3242, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to gassing |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Residential address was Ingram Road, Wahroonga, NSW
Son of Thomas and Julia A. Bawden of 'Yamba Woora', Glenbrook, NSW. Brother of Anita F. Bawden and Hilda C. Bawden
Commenced return to Australia on 21 April 1918 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 7 June 1918
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Previously served in the Militia for about four years