The AIF Project

John Rush PADGETT

Regimental number546
Date of birth3 November 1881
Place of birthBradford, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStone mason
AddressHankin Street, Bellevue, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Height5' 10.5"
Weight136 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Annie Padgett, Hankin Street, Bellevue, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date24 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll12 January 1916
Place of enlistmentPerth, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name44th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/61/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 6 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll44th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 31448 (11 July 1919); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 124 (30 October 1919).

Distinguished Service Medal (American)


Recommendation date: 22 February 1919"

FateReturned to Australia 1 June 1919
Medals

Distinguished Service Cross


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 96
Date: 11 November 1920

Discharge date16 October 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Fremantle, 6 June 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 21 July 1916.

Promoted Lance Corporal, 6 October 1916.

Found guilty, 3 November 1916, of being absent without leave from midnight, 3 November 1916, until 0630 hours, 6 November 1916: award, reverts to the ranks and forfeits 3 days' pay.

Proceeded overseas to France, 25 November 1916.

Promoted Lance Corporal, 6 September 1917.

Wounded in action, 4 October 1917 and admitted to No 64 Field Ambulance the same day (shrapnel wound, right arm); transferred to No 20 General Hospital, Camiers, 7 October 1917; to England, 13 October 1917; to Suffolk Hospital, Bury St, Edmonds, 13 October 1917; discharged to furlough, 14 November 1917.

Marched into No 3 Command Depot, 29 November 1917 (Class B1A2).

Marched into Overseas Training Bde, Hurdcott, 14 December 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 17 January 1918; marched into Australian Intermediate Base Depot, Le Havre, 18 January 1918.

Proceeded to unit, 10 February 1918; rejoined 44th Bn, 14 February 1918.

Promoted Temporary Corporal, 29 March 1918.

Reverts to the rank of Lance Corporal, 4 May 1918.

Promoted Temporary Corporal, 26 May 1918.

Promoted Corporal, 5 July 1918.

Promoted Temporary Sergeant, 8 October 1918.

Promoted Lance Sergeant, 16 December 1918, and to retain the rank of Temporary Sergeant.

On leave to the United Kingdom, 19 January 1919.

Reverts to the rank of Lance Sergeant, 2 February 1919.

Rejoined unit from leave, 12 February 1919.

Mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig's despatch of 16 March 1919.

Proceeded to England, 2 April 1919; marched into No 3 Group, Codford, 8 April 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Somali', 1 June 1919; disembarked Fremantle, 8 July 1919; discharged Perth (medically unfit), 16 October 1919.

Medals: Distinguished Service Cross (US), British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death28 August 1939
Age at death57
SourcesNAA: B2455, PADGETT John Rush

Print format    


© The AIF Project 2024, UNSW Canberra. Not to be reproduced without permission.