David Gibson Jude BADGER

BADGER, David Gibson Jude

Service Numbers: 1880, 1880B
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)
Show Relationships

World War 1 Service

1 Jul 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1880, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
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: ''

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

Help us honour David Gibson Jude Badger's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography

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)

Read more...