Thomas Phillip BAWDEN

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Service Number:	3242
Enlisted:	19 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	5th Divisional Signal Company
Born:	Rockdale, New South Wales , Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Wahroonga, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia, 17 January 1941, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springwood General Cemetery, New South Wales
Memorials:	Blaxland & Glenbrook District War Memorial, Glenbrook Roll of Honour

19 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3242, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
13 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3242, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
13 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3242, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney
13 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion, At Tel-el-Kebir. Transferred from the 4th Battalion
27 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 8th Field Company Engineers, At Tel-el-Kebir
11 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, 5th Divisional Signal Company, Taken on strength in the field
30 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 3242, 5th Divisional Signal Company, Gassed.
13 Jul 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 3242, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to gassing

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Residential address was Ingram Road, Wahroonga, NSW

Son of Thomas and Julia A. Bawden of 'Yamba Woora', Glenbrook, NSW. Brother of Anita F. Bawden and Hilda C. Bawden

Commenced return to Australia on 21 April 1918 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 7 June 1918

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served in the Militia for about four years