NALDER, Joseph
| Service Number: | 2914 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Linton, Victoria, Australia, 3 January 1873 |
| Home Town: | Pingelly, Pingelly, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Towaninnie, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds - gunshot wounds to right arm & hand & Pneumonia, Lord Derby Hospital in Warrington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, 27 October 1917, aged 44 years |
| Cemetery: |
Warrington Cemetery, Lancashire, England C. NC. 759. Inscription: LOVED BY ALL HE DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mingenew Upper Irwin Roads Board District Roll of Honor WW1, Nullawil District War Memorial, Nullawil War Memorial, Pingelly Memorial Rotunda, Towaninnie Methodist Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2914, 7th Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
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| 28 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2914, 7th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle | |
| 30 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2914, 6th Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2914, 6th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle | |
| 27 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 2914, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2914 awm_unit: 5 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-27 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Joseph Nalder was the third child of William J. Nalder and Mary Ann Watson, who were both born in England but emigrated to Geelong in the state of Victoria, Australia, in 1857. Joseph was born at Linton, near Ballarat, 3rd January 1873, where his father was a farmer, but in 1878 his family moved to Towaninnie, in the Mallee, where they continued to farm.
Joseph moved to East Pingelly in Western Australia sometime around 1905 where he farmed successfully and provided land for a community recreation oval. In March 1916, Joseph enlisted to serve in WWI. He was wounded in France and was brought back to the Lord Derby Hospital in Warrington, England, where he died on 27 October 1917, less than 50km from his mother's birthplace in Rainow. After his death, some of his estate was used to erect a memorial hall in his honour in East Pingelly, WA.
Family Members
Parents
William J. Nalder 1842–1914
Mary Ann Watson Nalder 1844–1889
Siblings
Florence May Nalder O'Toole 1875–1940 (m. 1898)
Lillian Elizabeth Nalder 1881–1883
Bessie Ida Nalder 1883–1885
Half Siblings
Lillian Valentine Nalder 1896–1912
Robert Harold Nalder 1900–1983
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Joseph Nalder was born in Linton, near Skipton, Victoria on 3rd January, 1873 to parents William and Mary Ann Nalder (nee Watson).
Mary Ann Nalder, mother of Joseph Nalder died on 19th January, 1889 in Victoria.
William Nalder, father of Joseph Nalder died on 23rd December, 1914 at Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria.
On 19th March, 1916 Joseph Nalder enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) as a 42 year old, single, Farmer from East Pingelly, Western Australia.
Private Joseph Nalder, Service number 2914, embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia on HMAT Port Melbourne (A16) on 30th October, 1916 with the 5th Pioneer Battalion, 6th Reinforcements & disembarked at Devonport, England on 28th December, 1916. Private Nalder had been admitted to the Ship’s Hospital while at sea & had been discharged on 12th December, 1916.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England.
He proceeded overseas to France via Folkestone on 28th February, 1917 from Pioneer Training Battalion & wase was marched in to 5th A.D.B.D. (Australian Divisional Base Depot) at Etaples, France on 1st March, 1917. Private Nalder was marched out to his Unit from 5th A.D.B.D. on 5th March, 1917 & was taken on strength with 5th Pioneers in the field on 7th March, 1917.
Private Joseph Nalder was wounded (Gassed) on 17th October, 1917. (Another entry states Private Nalder was gassed & wounded on 16th October, 1917). He was admitted to 3rd Field Ambulance with shrapnel wounds to left leg & gassed (no date). Private Nalder was transferred to 2nd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station on 15th October, 1917 (date as per Casualty Form – Active Service) with shrapnel wounds to arm & hand. He was transferred to Ambulance Train 12 on 17th October, 1917 & admitted the same day to 14th General Hospital. Private Nalder embarked for England on Hospital Ship St. Andrews on 18th October, 1917 with shrapnel wounds to arm & hand.
He was admitted to The Lord Derby War Hospital, Warrington, Lancashire, England on 19th October, 1917 with gunshot wounds to right arm & hand. The Hospital Admissions form states he also had mustard gas poisoning with many septic blisters especially on right arm.
Private Joseph Nalder died at 1.30 pm on 27th October, 1917 at The Lord Derby War Hospital, Warrington, Lancashire, England from wounds - gunshot wounds to right arm & hand & Pneumonia.
He was buried on 31st October, 1917 in Warrington Cemetery (Manchester Road), Warrington, Lancashire, England.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/warrington---cheshire.html
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