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George Henry BARDEN

Regimental number5984
Place of birthEngland
SchoolBoard School, England
Age on arrival in Australia22
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMill hand
AddressPerth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Barden, Queen's Road, Newbury Berks, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date23 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll23 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 7 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 8 August 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Date of death8 August 1917
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery, (Plot I, Row Z, Grave No. 7), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
78
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Son of Mrs Elizabeth Barden, 48 Russell Road, Newbury, Berks, England. Native of Inkpen, Hungerford, Berks
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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