Daniel Thomas REDDAN

REDDAN, Daniel Thomas

    Service Number: 786
    Enlisted: 22 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 2nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Woolwich, London, England, 1882
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: St Pettis Roman Catholic School, Woolwich, England
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Pozieres, Somme Sector, France, 23 July 1916
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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    World War 1 Service

    22 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 786, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
    18 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 786, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
    18 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 786, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
    11 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 786, Bullet wound to the head
    1 Mar 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, At Serapeum
    16 May 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, In the field
    23 Jul 1916: Involvement Corporal, 786, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 786 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-23

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Arrived in Australia aged 27 years

    Son of Daniel and Margaret Reddan. Next of kin was given as his brother John Andrew Reddan of 14 Purrell Street, Plumbstead, London, England. Brother also to Annie Mary Graydon of Abbey Wood, England

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

    Also served in the 1st Lancashire Regiment and held the African Medal with the King's Clasp and the Transvaal Clasp 1902

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