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MADDEN, Stephen
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 77, 2515 |
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Enlisted: | 22 April 1902, Wilston, Brisbane, Qld. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Maryborough, Fraser Coast - Queensland, Australia, 9 July 1880 |
Home Town: | Gympie, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Miner |
Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, Department de la Somme, France, 22 July 1916, aged 36 years |
Cemetery: |
Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-la Boisselle Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 35 Rev R.A. Harris of 1 Pioneer Battalion officiated |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gympie & Widgee War Memorial Gates |
Service History
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 77, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
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22 Apr 1902: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 77, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, Wilston, Brisbane, Qld. |
World War 1 Service
11 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2515, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill Camp in WA, later transferred to the 11th Infantry Battalion, 7th Reinforcements with whom he embarked. | |
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2 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2515, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2515, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , KIA 25 July 1916 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Stephen MADDEN and Kate nee CUMMINGS, Horseshoe Bend, Gympie, Qld.
Birth and death registered as Stephen James MADDEN