PADDICK, John Francis
| Service Number: | 1639 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Moree, New South Wales, Australia, February 1874 |
| Home Town: | Minmi, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia, 7 November 1940, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Minmi Roll of Honour, Moree Memorial Hall Boer War & WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1639, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1639, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1639, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 21 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1639, 4th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, medically discharged (senility) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
The Minmi Roll of Honour has 79 names inscribed of those who returned home from The Great War.
The 48th name inscribed is Private John Francis Paddick.
On the 7th November 1940, Private John Francis Paddick, 4th Battalion (Reg No-1639), miner from Newtown, Minmi, New South Wales, died at Murrurundi, N.S.W., age possibly 68.
Could not locate definitively place or date of burial.
Born at Moree, New South Wales about 1872 or 1874 to John and Mary Paddick; husband of Alice Paddick, married?, died?, John enlisted on the 3rd March 1916 with the 34th Battalion, stated age 42 years 1 month, at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A20 Hororata on the 2nd May 1916.
Disembarked Plymouth, England 23.6.1916.
Transferred to 4th Battalion 16.9.1916.
Proceeded O/Seas to France from Southampton, England 16.9.1916.
Admitted to hospital 25.10.1916 (bronchitis).
Commenced return to Australia 23.5.1917.
John arrived home on the 20th July 1917, being discharged medically unfit (senility) on the 21st August 1917.
Not officially commemorated.
Mr. Paddick’s name has been inscribed on the Minmi Roll of Honour as PADDOCKS.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/minmi-roll-of-honour/.
Lest We Forget.