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John James CADDEN

Regimental number2354
Place of birthGlen Innes, New South Wales
SchoolState School, Victoria Park, Western Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationCivil servant
AddressPicton Crescent, Bunbury, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Height5' 11"
Weight152 lbs
Next of kinFather, John Mitchell Cadden, Oswald Street, Victoria Park, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date10 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll24 July 1915
Place of enlistmentBunbury, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 13 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal RollArmy Provost Corps
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of pneumonia, 3rd London General Hospital.
FateDied of disease 31 October 1918
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row G, Grave 18), Surrey, England, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
84
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Mitchell and Annie CADDEN, Victoria Park, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 4832 Sergeant William Thomas CADDEN, 5th Division Sanitation Section, returned to Australia, 21 March 1919.
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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