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:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Mount Pleasant Pictorial Honour Roll, Mount Pleasant Roll of Honor, The South Australian National War Memorial

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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