BADENOCH, Archibald Montgomery
Service Number: | SX6469 |
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Enlisted: | 22 June 1940, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Port McDonald, South Australia, 22 May 1902 |
Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Police Officer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Egypt , 1 November 1942, aged 40 years |
Cemetery: |
El Alamein War Cemetery |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kingoonya & Tarcoola Honour Roll, Port Augusta District WW2 Honour Board, Port Augusta RSL Hall Circular Honour Roll, Soldiers' Memorial Band Rotunda, Thebarton S.A. Police Roll of Honor Supreme Sacrifice |
World War 2 Service
22 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, SX6469, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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22 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, SX6469, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion | |
23 Jun 1940: | Involvement Private, SX6469 | |
1 Nov 1942: | Involvement Sergeant, SX6469, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, El Alamein |
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Rootsweb ID: I292189 Birth Record - Name: Archibald Montgomrie BADENOCH
Born 22 May 1902 in Port Macdonnell, South Australia
(Source: South Australian Births 1842 - 1906 Book: 697 Page: 142 District: Gre.)
Father Ebenezer Badenoch (b. 7/6/1868 Port Macdonnell, SA - d. 13/11/1932 Mount Gambier, SA
Mother Rose Elizabeth Badenoch (nee Williams) - (b. 1870 - d. 5/11/1930 Mount Gambier, SA)
living Mount Gambier, South Australia.
Siblings:
Brother: James Ebenezer BADENOCH b: 24/9/1895 Port Pirie, SA - d. 31/5/1958 Mount Gambier, SA)
m. Janet Stella (nee FLETCHER) b: 6/4/1893 - d.31/5/1958 (b & d. Mount Gambier, SA)
Sister: Dorothy Jean BADENOCH b: 9/10/1896 Port Macdonnell, SA
m. Alexander Wentworth WATSON b: 25/12/1889 Mount Gambier, SA
Brother: William Henry BADENOCH b: 29/5/1898 Port Macdonnell, SA
860 Private in 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion
kiilled in action - 1/9/1918 in France
Sister: Marjory Olive BADENOCH b: 27/1/1900 Port Macdonnell, SA
Himself: Archibald Montgomrie BADENOCH b: 22/5/1902 Port Macdonnell, SA
Brother: Veron Thomas BADENOCH b: 3/6/1905 Tantanoola, SA - d. 27/11/1967 Renmark, SA
24/12/1924 married in St Andrews Manse Mount Gambier, SA
m. Margaret Jane (nee TELFORD) b: 1905 -
Previous service: Senior Cadets
Archibald was described on enlisting as 38 yrs old; single; brown/grey eyes;
dark brown hair; Presbyterian
22/6/1940 enlisted into WWII in Tarcoola, South Australia
place of enlisting Adelaide, SA
2/7/1940 marched out from RRD to Woodside, SA
3/7/1940 promoted to Corporal
7/9/1940 granted general leave (until 10/11/1940)
18/10/1940 to Southern Command Training School, No.16 Seymour
8/11/1940 promoted to Sergeant with 43rd Battalion
28/12/1940 entrained to Melbourne for embarkation overseas
29/12/1940 embarked Port Melbourne, Victoria onboard HMT Mauretania
15/1/1941 transhipped to HMT Nevada at Colombo
2/2/1941 disembarked into Middle East
1/3/1941 to Middle East Weapon Training School, No.20 Mortar Course
12/4/1941 rejoined 2/43rd Battalion
25/7/1941 Qualified 20th Mortar and Grenade course Middle East
11/8/1941 shrapnel wound left shoulder - wounded in action
12/8/1941 evacuated to 4th Australian General Hospital (AGH)
18/8/1941 rejoined unit
1/11/1942 killed in action
2/11/1942 buried in: El Alamein Box Cemetery, Grave 20; Plot 4, Row I
(SA Death record: 1916 - 1972, Book : 660, Page 621G, District Code :Fli)
31/3/1945 exhumed and reburied in:
El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt
Plot 10, Row J, Grave 20
Medals: 1939/45 Star; Africa Star (with 8th Army Clasp); Defence medal;
War medal; Australia Service medal.
(sent to brother Vernon T Badenoch in Renmark, SA)
His name is commemorated on Panel 62 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 17/7/2016. Lest we forget.