SWADLING, John James
| Service Number: | 2384 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 10 July 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cardiff, New South Wales, Australia, 11 July 1888 |
| Home Town: | Cardiff, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Richmond and Broadmeadow State Schools, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Draper |
| Died: | Shell fragment to stomach, Belgium, Messines, 4 July 1917, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Kandahar Farm Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 17), Neuve-Eglise, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cardiff RSL Club Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2384, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2384, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2384, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 12 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 36th Infantry Battalion, Temp Corp 19/6/1917 | |
| 4 Jul 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 2384, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2384 awm_unit: 36th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-07-04 | |
| 2 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 36th Infantry Battalion, Temporary rank to be retained under AIF order 777 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell
Awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
103 years ago today, on the 4th July 1917, Corporal John (Jack) James Swadling, 36th Battalion, draper (Scotts Ltd, Newcastle, N.S.W.) and storekeeper at Singleton, N.S.W., from "Rose Cottage", Mount Pleasant, Cardiff Heights, New South Wales, died of wounds, age 28 years, 11 months.
https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1673161/
Born at Wickham, New South Wales on the 11th July 1888 to Alfred Watson (died 1936) and Gunella Ellen (died 1937) Swadling, John enlisted July 1916 at Broadmeadow, N.S.W.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133891990
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133842330
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134860018
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134861511
Wounded in action on the 3rd July 1917 (Messines, shell fragment to stomach), John succumbed to this wound the next day.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134856098
Mr Swalding is now resting at Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Neuve-Eglise, Belgium. Plot II Row E Grave 17. (photos courtesy of Eddy Lin, Belgium).
John’s name has been inscribed on the Cardiff War Memorial (photo, unveiled 1921?).
There is no memorial inscription on his parent’s headstone, and I am unable to erect a memorial cross, so I have placed poppies in remembrance of their son’s service and supreme sacrifice during The Great War. CATHOLIC 1-30. 25.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139440013
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=7118#3
Younger brother Charles worked in England with munitions making.
Many thanks to Dean Barrett for the photo of the Cardiff War Memorial, Panel 1.
Lest We Forget.
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