John Robert VAWDEN

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Service Number:	3691
Enlisted:	25 January 1916, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Lifton, England, 1872
Home Town:	Botany, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, 29 December 1941, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Zone D, Section 14, Grave 5476
Memorials:

25 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 3691, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Enlisted at Casula, NSW
22 May 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 3691, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
22 May 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 3691, No 4th Tunnelling Company - Headquarters No 1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
22 May 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 3691, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Sydney
22 May 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 3691, No 4th Tunnelling Company - Headquarters No 1, HMAT Warilda, Sydney
7 Sep 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 3691, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Discharged 2nd Military District due to over age

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Son of John Vawden and Charlotte Vawden of Lifton, England.

Served a seven year blacksmith apprenticeship with James B. Knight in England.

Next of kin given as a friend John Keam of 'Avondale House', Botany Road, Botany, NSW'

Commenced return to Australia on 6 June 1918 aboard HT Baramba disembarking on 2 August 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal