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BAWDEN, Roy Vernon
| Service Number: | 8483 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 August 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | Field Artillery Brigades |
| Born: | Prospect, South Australia, 26 March 1894 |
| Home Town: | Prospect, Prospect, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineering |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 24 April 1957, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Enfield Memorial Park, South Australia General Section, Row T, Site 83. Grant expired on 26 April 2007. His wife Sadie was also interred at the same site |
| Memorials: | Adelaide High School Honour Board, Prospect Roll of Honour A-G WWI Board |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 8483, Field Artillery Brigades, Enlisted at Adelaide | |
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| 22 Nov 1915: | Involvement Driver, 8483, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Nov 1915: | Embarked Driver, 8483, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Driver, 8483 | |
| 27 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 8483, Field Artillery Brigades, Discharged at Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Charles and Elizabeth Ann (nee Vine) Bawden of Propsect Road, Prospect, SA; brother of Arthur Baawden who returned to Australia on 27 April 1919 having served with the 6th Field Artillery Brigade, Annie Bawden, Henry Hugh Bawden, Frederick Charles Bawden, Edith Annie Bawden, Elizabeth Mary Bawden, Ethell Bawden, Elsie Maud Bawden, Ernest Bawden, Wilfred Alfred Bawden, Bertha Bawden, Eva Bawden, Hilda Bawden, Ida Bawden and Doris Bawden
18 January 1919 - commenced return to Australia on board HT Ulysses disembarking in Adelaide on 9 March 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 17 December 1921 Roy married Sadie Kathleen McCormack in the reseidence of the Archbisop of Adelaide. Father of Patricia Norma Bawden and Rhonda
At the time of his death he was residing at Blair Athol