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DURDIN, William Reginald

Service Number:	2098
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Lochiel, South Australia, 11 January 1883
Home Town:	Edwardstown, Marion, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Man
Died:	South Australia, Australia, 1944, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: LO, Road: 2S, Site No: 13
Memorials:	Edwardstown District WW1 Roll of Honor, Eudunda Arch Gates, Marion District Roll of Honour WW1

World War 1 Service

20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Driver, 2098, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Driver, 2098, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Adelaide
23 Oct 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, 2nd Passchendaele , MILITARY MEDAL On 23-10-17 Driver DURDEN (sic) was packing ammunition to the Battery Position at ANZAC RIDGE near YPRES. On his way to the Battery a shell burst on the road killing four horses close behind him and wounded him, cutting his head open from the eye to the ear. He had this patched up with a Field Dressing and continued to the Battery and delivered his ammunition. He then went back along the road and saved a second load and delivered it also to the guns. On his way back to the Wagon Lines he called in at a Dressing Station in YPRES to get his head dressed. The Medical Officer in charge told him that he must be evacuated at once and must let his horses go. He hesitated to do this but returned to the Wagon Lines, handed his horses to the B.S.M. and was then evacuated. Commonwealth Gazette No. 110, 25th July, 1918.
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Driver, 2098

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