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CADD, Percival Robert
| Service Number: | 6050 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 May 1916, Adelaide South Australia Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Keyneton South Australia Australia, 28 December 1896 |
| Home Town: | Angaston, Barossa, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coach builder at Duncan & Fraser Ltd |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Myrtle Bank South Australia Australia, 22 April 1989, aged 92 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Plot: RSL, Wall 123, Niche H013 - Centennial Park Cemetery, Adelaide. |
| Memorials: | Angaston District WW1 Roll of Honour, Angaston Methodist Church & Sunday School WW1 Honour Board, Angaston War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 31 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide South Australia Australia | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6050, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6050, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
| 29 Oct 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1 | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 6050, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Enlisted at Adelaide on 31 May, 1916.
Embarked with 19th Reinforcements of 10th Battalion at Adelaide on 12 August, 1916.
Disembarked at Plymouth, England on 30th September, 1916.
Joined 3rd Training Battalion in the Salisbury Plains.
Absent from 6:45 am on the 21 October, 1916 until 6:30 pm on the 22 October, 1916. Awarded 48 hours detention and four days pay.
Taken on Strength by 10th Battalion on 2nd January, 1917 in France.
Wounded in Action on the 15 April, 1917 during the German counter-attack at Lagnicourt during the greater Allied Battle of Arras attack. On the 15 April the German's attacked between the Australian First and Second Divisions and re-captured the town of Lagnicourt. By the end of the day the ground had been re-captured yet again by the allies. However, sometime during this German counter-attack Percival Cadd suffered a gun shot wound to his right thigh. He was taken back through the evacuation chain and eventually made it to England where he was admitted to various hospitals.
He was sent back to Australia as medically unfit for further active service and disembarked in Australia on 24 September, 1917. He was discharged from the army on 29 October, 1917. He had served 1 year and 48 days overseas and had a good character.
British War Medal: 16086
Victory Medal: 16034
He continued working at Duncan & Fraser Ltd. and took a postition in the Body Shop with his injury not stopping him.
He died at the age of 92 years old and his cremated remains lay in Centennial Park Cememtery.
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