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CARDEN, Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5001 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 March 1916, Place of enlistment - Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales, April 1883 |
| Home Town: | Kurrawang, Coolgardie, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | shell explosion, Loos, France, 22 January 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension Plot I, Row A, Grave 14 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kurrawang Roll of Honour, WA State War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 5001, Place of enlistment - Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, SN 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, SN 5001, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
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