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LUDLOW, William Garratt
| Service Number: | 6412 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 October 1915, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Birmingham, England, January 1871 |
| Home Town: | St Peters (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cycle maker |
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World War 1 Service
| 4 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6412, 3rd Field Company Engineers, at Adelaide | |
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| 20 Mar 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 6412, 3rd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Mar 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 6412, 3rd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Armadale, Sydney | |
| 21 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 6412, 3rd Field Company Engineers, SW abdomen and left leg (compound fracture) | |
| 16 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 6412, 3rd Field Company Engineers, Medical discharge |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
William Ludlow enlisted for the war in October 1915 and was assigned to the 3rd Field Company Engineers, part of the 3rd Brigade. He left Australia for the war on 20 March 1916.
William Ludlow's last role on the battlefield was a sapper. William was wounded in action on 21 April 1917 and embarked for St. Patrick hospital and made a successful recovery. He had a severe injury on his left thigh from a nearby bomb explosion. He departed England for Australia in December 1917 and was discharged from the AIF in August 1918. He was a cycle maker post WW1 and was married to his wife, Julia Ann Ludlow, with no children.