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BAWDEN, Milton
| Service Number: | 225 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 October 1914, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Port Broughton, South Australia, 6 May 1892 |
| Home Town: | Tumby Bay, Tumby Bay, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Beulah Park, South Australia, 29 November 1970, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Enfield Memorial Park, South Australia General Section, Row AQ, Grave 127. Funeral held on 1 December 1970. Interment number 11549 which expires on the 1 December 2020 |
| Memorials: | Tumby Bay RSL Portrait Memorials |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 225, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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| 1 Nov 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Prior to embarking | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 225, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 225, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations | |
| 12 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 225, Discharged at the 4th Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Sydney Milton Bawden and Dorrothy Bawden nee Bails of Tumby Bay, SA. Brother of Sylvia Dorothy Bawden, Frederick Lewis Bawden who returned to Australia on 8 August 1918 having served with the 48th Battalion, Gladys Doris Bawden, Wilfred Robert Bawden, Peta Eugene Bawden, Edna Pauline Bawden and Sydney Lionel Bawden
Commenced return to Australia on 4 March 1919 on board HT Port Sydney disembarking on the 13 April 1919
On 16 August 1920 Milton married Gwendoline Mary Cock in the Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide, SA
On 20 July 1929 Milton married Hazel Mary Moss in the Methodist Parsonage, Rose Park, SA. His marital status at the time of marriage was given as Widower
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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