WADDINGHAM, Wilfred
| Service Number: | 4574 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Capel, Capel, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness, United Kingdom, 3 September 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Capel War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4574, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
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| 31 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4574, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date - 3rd September.......Wilfred Waddingham was born at Bunbury, Western Australia in 1895.
He was a 20 year old Farmer when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 22nd February, 1916.
Private Waddingham, Service number 4574, left Fremantle, Western Australia on 31st March, 1916, landed in Egypt before finally disembarking in England on 12th June, 1916 for further training.
Private Wilfred Waddingham was found dead in his tent at Rollestone – Camp 13, Wiltshire on 3rd September, 1916. A Post Mortem was held & no cause of death found.
He was buried in Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire, England where 140 other Australian WW1 Soldiers are buried.
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