Joseph Bernard RODEN

RODEN, Joseph Bernard

Service Number: 384
Enlisted: 4 June 1915
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 36th Heavy Artillery Group
Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town: Queenscliff, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died: Died of wounds, France, 27 April 1917
Cemetery: Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez
Plot XV, Row G, Grave No. 4, Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll, Queenscliff Royal Australian Garrison Artillery Third Military District Honor Roll
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World War 1 Service

4 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 384, Siege Artillery Brigade
17 Jul 1915: Involvement Gunner, 384, Siege Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1915: Embarked Gunner, 384, Siege Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
23 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 384, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, Battle for Pozières
27 Apr 1917: Involvement Gunner, 384, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 384 awm_unit: 36th Australian Heavy Artillery Group awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-04-27
27 Apr 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 384, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, SW to abdomen. Died at, or on the way to, a South African CCS. Battery was at Athies (Arras sector).

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Received SW to abdomen near Athies, France. Evacuated to Sth African CCS at Souchez however died at, or on the way to, the CCS.