George CHADDERTON

CHADDERTON, George

    Service Number: 492
    Enlisted: 7 September 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, 1876
    Home Town: Castlemaine, Mount Alexander, Victoria
    Schooling: St Johns School, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Died of wounds - right leg, At sea (HMHS Glengorm Castle), 7 July 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Buried at sea Panel 30, Lone Pine Memorial
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Castlemaine Christ Church Anglican Church Memorial Window, Castlemaine Loyal Castlemaine Lodge M.U.I.O.O.F. Roll of Honour WW1, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    7 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 492, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
    17 Sep 1914: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion, Prior to embarking
    19 Oct 1914: Involvement Corporal, 492, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
    19 Oct 1914: Embarked Corporal, 492, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
    28 Apr 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 8th Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli
    8 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 492, 8th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the knee
    7 Jul 1915: Involvement Sergeant, 492, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 492 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-07-07

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Arrived in Australia aged 34 years

    Address at the time of enlistment was given as Fletcher Street, Castlemaine, Victoria . Husband of Clara Chadderton of Kennedy Street, Castlemaine, Victoria. Father of Frank Chadderton

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

    Previously served with the British Army in the Boer War

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