RADBURN, Archibald
| Service Number: | 1647 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Trunkey Creek, New South Wales, Australia, June 1893 |
| Home Town: | Carcoar, Blayney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blayney Pictorial Honour Roll No 1, Mandurama & District HR, Trunkey Creek War Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1647, 45th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1647, 45th Infantry Battalion , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1647, 45th Infantry Battalion , HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Archibald Radburn was one of four sons of Matthew and Bridget Radburn, of Trunkey Creek, New South Wales, who enlisted and served overseas during the Great War. His younger brother 1728 Pte. Ambrose Radburn 26th Battalion AIF, was later killed in action near Villers Bretonneux on 5 July 1918, aged 23.
Another brother 2715 Pte Nathaniel Radburn, of the same 45th Battalion, was wounded in action at Messines on the same day Archibald was killed. Nathaniel was evacuated to England with a gunshot wound to the chest and eventually returned to Australia, 12 May 1918, with a shrapnel wound to his left lung.
Another brother, 2714 Pte. John Radburn 13th Battalion AIF was returned to Australia during September 1919.
Arch Radburn joined the 45th Battalion in France during September 1916. He suffered very badly with trench feet during the very cold 1916-17 winter. He died during the attack on Messines in Belgium on 7 June 1917, in circumstances unknown, and his name is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial.
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