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Arthur BADGER

Regimental number3687
Place of birthLidcombe, New South Wales
SchoolAuburn Superior Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
AddressCambridge Street, Lidcombe, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 3"
Weight116 lbs
Next of kinFather, W Badger, Cambridge Street, Lidcombe, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in H Company, 39th Infantry Regiment, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date15 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll15 August 1915
Place of enlistmentHolsworthy, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 30 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 9 August 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death9 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialAdelaide Cemetery (Plot III,Row I, Grave No 9), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Fanny and the late W.W. Badger, 'Smallheath', Cambridge Street, Lidcombe, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 29 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 4 April 1916.

Taken on strength, 3rd Bn, in the field, 25 May 1916.

Wounded in action, 22-27 July 1916 (gun shot wound, neck); admitted to No 1 Australian General Hospital, Rouen, 26 July 1916; transferred to England, 26 July 1916, and admitted to Beaufort War Hospital, Bristol, 27 July 1916; marched into No 1 Command Depot, 28 August 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 22 September 1916; rejoined Bn, in the field, Belgium, 6 October 1916.

On leave to United Kingdom, 26 October 1917; rejoined Bn from leave, 12 November 1917.

Wounded in action (second occasion), 9 August 1918 (bomb wounds, abdomen); admitted to 8th Australian Field Ambulance, 9 August 1918, and died of wounds same day.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BADGER Arthur

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