WADDELL, James Stephen
| Service Number: | 3203 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Singleton, New South Wales, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Singleton, Northumberland, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bricklayer |
| Died: | Influenza, Belgium, 11 February 1919 |
| Cemetery: |
Charleroi Communal Cemetery Row A, Grave No 4 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singleton War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3203, 1st Pioneer Battalion | |
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| 17 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 3203, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 3203, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
James Stephen Waddell was born 1897 and raised in Singleton by Daniel and Annie Waddell. He needed his parents written permission to enlist as he was only 18 years of age. He served in France from October 1917 with the 1st Pioneer Battalion and was gassed with phosgene gas on 18 March 1918. After three months treatment he rejoined his unit in France. He was admitted to 3rd Australian Field Ambulance, 31 January 1919; transferred same day to 55th Casualty Clearing Station; his condition became 'critical', 4 February 1919 and he died of influenza, 11 February 1919.
His mother remarked on his roll of honour circular that he 'Won gold medal prize for an essay on "Why should we be loyal to the British Empire".
James Waddell’s father Daniel, had died 6 months previous during 1918. Daniel had been married once before, but his wife drowned in the Hunter River NSW during 1873. A son from this marriage, James’s half-brother, 156 Trooper Herbert William Waddell, New South Wales Citizen Bushmen, was killed in action 22 September 1900.
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