Dudley Luto VAN SENDEN

VAN SENDEN, Dudley Luto

Service Numbers: 13457, S212023
Enlisted: 1 May 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Captain
Last Unit: 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 7 June 1892
Home Town: North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Natural causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 20 November 1959, aged 67 years
Cemetery: St Judes Cemetery, Brighton, South Australia
Brighton, Holdfast Bay City, South Australia, Australia
Memorials: Adelaide Rowing Club WW1 Pictorial Honour Board, Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board, Jamestown Canowie Belt Honour Roll, Jamestown Canowie Belt Yongala Estate Volunteers Roll of Honour, Terowie Institute Honour Board, Walkerville St. Andrew's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Yarcowie District Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

1 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
22 Dec 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 13457, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
31 Jul 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 13457, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies, Third Ypres
7 Oct 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies

World War 2 Service

2 Oct 1939: Involvement Captain, S212023
2 Oct 1939: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
25 Nov 1943: Discharged

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Biography

"...Lieutenant Dudley Luto Van Senden, 3rd Auxiliary Mechanical Transport Company who was a 23 year old farmer from North Adelaide, South Australia when he enlisted on 1 May 1916. He embarked for overseas as a Sergeant (service number 13457) from Melbourne on 22 December 1916 aboard HMAT Persic. While serving in France with the 5th Divisional Mechanical Transport Company, he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 7 October 1918. He returned to Australia as a Lieutenant on 30 January 1919..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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