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CADDY, Thomas Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 453 |
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| 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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 1 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 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
Citizen of the British Commonwealth
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