FARDELL, John Henry
| Service Number: | 2900 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Sunny Corner, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Gilgandra, Gilgandra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miller |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 30 June 1981, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Frenchs Forest Cemetery, NSW |
| Memorials: | Gilgandra District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2900, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 8 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2900, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), SS Port Nicholson, Sydney |
PRIVATE JOHN HENRY FARDELL
Service No. 2900 45 Infantry Battalion – 2 to 8 Reinforcements (Apr-Nov 1916)
Born in 1892 at Sunny Corner (between Lithgow and Bathurst), NSW, son of John Fardell Jnr. and Mary Ann Dunne. He married Ethel Elizabeth Wilcock.
A Miller, married, age 24, he enlisted on the 18th of August 1916 at Gilgandra, NSW.
Embarked from Sydney on the SS Port Nicolson on the 8th of November 1916 with the 45th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement.
Suffered from trench foot. Often AWOL was returned to Australia on the Kamala on 1 July 1919 following Court Marshall proceedings (AWOL, Desertion).
John Fardell died on the 30th of June 1981 age 89 and was buried at French’s Forest Cemetery, NSW.
My 2nd Cousin 1x Removed.
Noni Brown
Submitted 7 July 2023 by Noni Brown