BADGER, David Gibson Jude
| Service Numbers: | 1880, 1880B |
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| Enlisted: | 1 July 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Petersburg, South Australia, 19 April 1896 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Peterborough High School |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 21 August 1916, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide ES&A Bank WW1 Honour Roll, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, North Adelaide Baptist Church Honour Roll, Peterborough Public School Honour Board WW1, Peterborough Roll of Honor WW1, Sydney (ANZ) English, Scottish and Australian Bank Great War Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1880, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
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| 1 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
| 26 Aug 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1880, 10th Infantry Battalion, RMS Morea, Adelaide | |
| 28 Feb 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 1880, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' |
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| 21 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1880B, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1880B awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-08-21 |
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Son of Herbert James BADGER and Angelina nee NICHOLS
"LATE SGT. D. G. J. BADGER.
The late Sgt. D. G. J. Badger, of Petersburg, was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert J. Badger, of that town. He enlisted, at the age of 19 years, several months after the beginning of the war, and celebrated his twentieth birth anniversary in the trenches in France in April last. He left Australia in August, 1915. The deceased was formerly connected with the E.S. and A. Bank at Petersburg and Brinkworth, and subsequently in Adelaide. He was highly esteemed among a large circle of friends." - from the Adelaide Observer 28 Oct 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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