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WODETZKI, Victor Emanuel
Personal Details
Service Number: | 978 |
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Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bridgewater, Victoria, Australia, 24 March 1895 |
Home Town: | Bridgewater (Victoria, AUS), Loddon, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Krithia, Gallipoli, Turkey, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bridgewater & Memsie Districts Honor Roll, Bridgewater Brass Band Roll of Honour, Bridgewater Memorial Hall & Honour Roll, Bridgewater Water Mill Company War Memorial, Bridgewater on Loddon School Honour Roll, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli |
Service History
World War 1 Service
19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 978, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria | |
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19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 978, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 978, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 978, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
8 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 978, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, 2nd Krithia |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Elizabeth Wodetzki of Bridgewater, Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Meda;
Biography contributed by Robert Wight
Victor Emmanuel Wodetzki was born 24.3.1895 at Bridgewater-on-Loddon, Vic. the 8th child of Herman & Elizabeth Wodetzki nee Hannah.
Victor was an employee of the Water & Kerang Milling Co. and a member of the Bridgewater Brass Band.