Joseph CARDEN

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Service Number:	5001
Enlisted:	27 March 1916, Place of enlistment - Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Denbughshire England, April 1883
Home Town:	Kurrawang, Coolgardie, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 22 January 1918
Cemetery:	Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension Plot I, Row A, Grave 14,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coolgardie Kurrawang Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Western Australia State War Memorial

27 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5001, Place of enlistment - Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
1 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company)
1 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 5001, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Embarked on HMAT 'A69' Warilda from Fremantle on 1st June 1916, disembarked Plymouth, England 18th July 1916 via Durban, Cape Town and St Vincent, then entrained to Amesbury and Tidworth
22 Jan 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 5001, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), 3ATC End of War Report: On 22/1/18 Lieut H. Russel was wounded in action in Hythe Alley at Loos and died at 12.30 a.m. on 23/1/18. 5001 Spr Carden, J. who was with Lt Russel was killed outright by the same shell explosion.

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