BADHAM, William
| Service Number: | 484 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 March 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, 12 June 1892 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mason |
| Died: | Manly District Hospital, Manly, New South Wales, Australia, 22 January 1946, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Frenchs Forest Cemetery, NSW Section: RC Row: H Plot: 34 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 484, 20th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 484, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 484, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Richard BADHAM and Ellen (Nellie) BADHAM nee GILLIS, 14 Raglan Street, Manly, New South Wales
Mentioned in Despatches.
For distinguished service and devotion to duty particularly while in charge of a gun in an isolated position in the line immediately in front of Bullecourt.
Recommendation date: 20 September 1917
Mention in Despatches
Awarded, and gazetted, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30448 (28 December 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 57 (18 April 1918)
Husband of Edna M BADHAM nee FRASER
BADHAM. - January 21, 1946, at Manly District Hospital, John William (Bill) Badham, of Palmerston Place, Seaforth, dearly beloved husband of Edna, and loved brother of Dale (Mrs. Corey), Mina (Mrs. Durie), and loved uncle of Sylvia, Doodie, Jack, Ray, Bryan, and Gwen. Requiescat in pace.
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