Tottenham Cross CARDEW

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CARDEW, Tottenham Cross

Service Number:	13390
Enlisted:	19 September 1916, 5th Australian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company-Australian Imperial Force
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 9 July 1889
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Normal School, Brisbane & Technical College, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Motor Mechanic
Died:	Broncho pneumonia, France, 25 October 1918, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension Grave IV. J. 25. Inscription, Only beloved son of Francis & Ruth Cardew aged 29 Rest in Peace, Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Abbeville, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War

World War 1 Service

19 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 13390, 5th Australian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company-Australian Imperial Force
22 Dec 1916:	Involvement Driver, 13390, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1916:	Embarked Driver, 13390, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
25 Oct 1918:	Involvement Driver, 13390, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 13390 awm_unit: 5th Australian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1918-10-25

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Tottenham Cross CARDEW was born in Ipswich, Queensland on 9th July, 1889

His parents were Francis Tottenham Lucas CARDEW & Ruth Mary CROSS

He enlisted in Brisbane on 19th September, 1916 & embarked from Melbourne on 22hd December, 1916 on the HMAT Persic

He died from Broncho pneumonia in France on 25th October, 1918 and is buried in the Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension

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