Thomas Ernest (Ern) CADDY DSC (US)

Badge Number: S7169, Sub Branch: Cadell
S7169

CADDY, Thomas Ernest

Service Number: 453
Enlisted: 1 February 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 43rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Kapunda, South Australia, 28 December 1894
Home Town: Kapunda, Light, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Sudden Illness, Barmera, South Australia, 1 February 1942, aged 47 years
Cemetery: Barmera Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials: Ceduna Murat Bay and District WW1 Honor Roll, Kapunda District WW1 Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

1 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
9 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 453, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
31 Jul 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 453, 43rd Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", HMAT Afric, Adelaide
30 Sep 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 453, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal

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Sergeant Thomas Ernest Caddy  43d Battalion AIF 

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas E. Caddy, Sergeant, Australian Imperial Force, for extraordinary heroism in action at Hamel, Belgium, July 4, 1918. Early in the advance his company was held up by fire from a machine-gun post. Sergeant Caddy with great bravery charged the position, bayoneted the crew, thus enabling his company to advance. This action took place when fighting alongside the American 27th Division.
General Orders No. 60, W.D., 1920
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