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BUDDEN, Roy Dudley
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 2386, 2386B |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Chinchilla, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Chinchilla War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2386, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2386, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2386B, 47th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2386B awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-12 |
Personal Stories
BUDDEN, Roy Dudley
When Roy D Budden was born in 1895 in Singleton, New South Wales, Australia, his father, William, was 26 and his mother, Annie, was 27.
He had five siblings
He was Killed in Action, in Belgium, on the 12 October 1917, in Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, at the age of 22.
He has been memoralised in Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Chinchilla War Memorial and on the Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) in Flanders, Belgium
Submitted 9 September 2023 by Ronald Kennedy