William POLDEN

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Service Number:	1319
Enlisted:	12 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Mount Pleasant, South Australia, May 1890
Home Town:	Mount Pleasant, Barossa, South Australia
Schooling:	Mount Pleasant Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Mount Pleasant Pictorial Honour Roll, Mount Pleasant Roll of Honor

12 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1319, Morphettville, South Australia
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1319, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1319, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1319, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli

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