WADDELL, John
| Service Numbers: | 3269, V14703 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 July 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Home Service |
| Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, 25 September 1885 |
| Home Town: | Lorquon West, Hindmarsh, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Illness, 115th Australian General Hospital (Heidelberg), Melbourne, Australia, 12 January 1945, aged 59 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Netherby District Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3269, 58th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 3269, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 3269, 58th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
| 25 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, SW right knee | |
| 8 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, gassed | |
| 12 May 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 58th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 58th Infantry Battalion, 3rd MD |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, V14703 | |
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| 23 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, V14703, Home Service | |
| 12 Jan 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, Home Service |
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From How We Served
The final resting place for: - 3269 & V14703 Sergeant John Waddell, who prior to the outbreak of the First World War had immigrated from Scotland, and was engaged in farming at Lorquon West, Victoria.
John enlisted on the 6th of July 1916, and was allocated to reinforcements for the 58th Battalion 1st AIF and was embarked for England and further training on the 16th of December.
After he had arrived in England safely on the 18th of February 1917, John entered camp at Hurdcott for further training, and by the 2nd of July he was shipped over to France, where he was officially taken on strength with his Battalion on the 1st of August.
Having entered the trenches, John was evacuated for hospitalization on the 25th of September, after having sustained a shrapnel wound to his right knee, and following his recovery he was sent back to his Battalion on the 28th of October.
John was allowed a brief respite of Leave to England, commencing on Christmas eve 1917, and returned to France to join his Unit in the field on the 10th of January 1918.
Aside brief periods of sickness, John’s service in the trenches would be continuous until he was evacuated for hospitalization, for a second time, after having been gassed on the 8th of July. Again, John recovered and was deemed fit for further service in France, returning to his Unit on the 30th of October.
John was again granted Leave to England on the 25th of November, and returned to his Unit on the 18th of December. With the War now over, John continued to serve in France, where on the 23rd of March 1919, he was temporarily detached for service with the Graves Registration detachment with which he would serve into early June.
Returned to his Unit, John began his repatriation back to Australia on the 13th of June 1919, and following his arrival back in England from France, he began his long journey home. Following his arrival in Australia, John received his official discharge from the 1st AIF for his re-entry into civilian life on the 6th of October 1919.
With the outbreak of a Second World War, John again presented himself for service with the Australian Military Forces on the 23rd of May 1941, and was accepted for full-time service within Australia. Posted to Victoria Echelon and Records Office,
John service would be continuous, until he was evacuated because of sickness on the 15th of December 1944, due to tuberculosis. Whilst still undergoing treated for this at the 115th Australian General Hospital (Heidelberg). John succumbed to illness on the 12th of January 1945. He was aged 59.
Following his premature death whilst again serving in the Australian Military Forces, Sergeant John Waddell, a wounded veteran of the ‘Great War’, and who had chosen to again serve his country in another World War, was formally laid to rest within Springvale War Cemetery, Victoria.
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