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MADIGAN, Sidney Watkins
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1749 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 15 May 1915, Chewton, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Talbot, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Chewton, Mount Alexander, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Chewton State School and Faraday School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Poelcappelle, Belgium, 9 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Castlemaine Faraday School Honor Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 15 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1749, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Chewton, Vic. | |
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| 16 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 1749, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 1749, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 7 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1749, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 4 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1749, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , SW to right groin and face (severe). | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1749, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Menin Road | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Belgium | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1749, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle of Poelcapelle | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 1749, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1749 awm_unit: 23 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-09 |
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Sidney Watkins Madigan is also remembered on the Chewton School Honour Roll, the Chewton Rechabite Honour Roll and the Faraday School Honour Roll, Vic.
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