John Rush (Jack) PADGETT DSC (US) MID

John Rush (Jack) PADGETT DSC (US) MID Update Details

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Service Number:	546
Enlisted:	12 January 1916, Perth, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	44th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Idle, Yorkshire, England, 3 November 1881
Home Town:	Bellevue, Swan, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stone mason
Died:	Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Edward Millen Home, Victoria Park, Western Australia, 28 August 1939, aged 57 years
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
Memorials:	Bellevue Roll of Honor

12 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Perth, Western Australia
6 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 546, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 546, 44th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, On October 4th, during the first day of the attack and the initial assault in the Battle of Broodseinde Jack was wounded by shrapnel in the right arm. He’d ‘caught a Blighty’, meaning he would be sent back to England for treatment and recuperation.
29 Sep 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 546, 44th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Awarded the US Distinguished Service Cross for actions while attached to the US 27th Division in the attack on the Hindenburg line near Riqueval
16 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1

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