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RADFORD, James Edward Hebden
Service Number: | 175 |
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Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Kensington, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Nhill, Victoria, December 1895 |
Home Town: | Summer Hill, Ashfield, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Petersham Superior Public School |
Occupation: | Auctioneer's clerk |
Died: | Died of wounds, Malta, 22 August 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Pieta Military Cemetery Grave reference: A. VIII. 1., Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 175, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Kensington, New South Wales | |
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20 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 175, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 175, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 175, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
1 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
12 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 175, 3rd Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
"...175 Private James Edward Hebden Radford, 3rd Battalion, of Summer Hill, NSW. A furniture salesman prior to enlisting in August 1914, Pte Radford embarked from Sydney on board HMAT Euripides (A14) on 19 October 1914. His unit took part in the landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. Pte Radford was appointed Lance Corporal (L Cpl) on 1 May 1915. He was wounded in action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, on 12 August 1915 and died in Malta on 22 August 1915, aged 19." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)