BAWDEN, William Arthur
| Service Number: | 1214 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stornoway, Scotland, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Munitions Worker |
| Died: | War related illness, 5 September 2020, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria, Australia C. of E. Compartment H. Grave 453 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1214, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1214, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1214, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 27 Jul 1916: | Wounded | |
| 5 Sep 1920: | Involvement 1214, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1214 awm_unit: 22 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant Corporal awm_died_date: 1920-09-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Born Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. Son of Samuel and Sarah Ann Bawden of 47 Hudson Road, Plumstead, Kent, England. A munitions worker prior to enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force at Rainbow, Victoria on 3 April 1915. He embarked from Melbourne for overseas on 8 May 1915 aboard HMAT "Ulysses" (A38). He was wounded in action in France on 27 July 1916. He returned to Australia on 5 February 1918 and was discharged medically unfit. He died from pneumonia and bronchitis, aged 25 years.
'D' Company, 22nd Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. - Service No. 1214
He is a recent addition to the roll of Great War dead; he was accepted, after research, for commemoration as war dead on 24 August 2012.