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DEARDEN, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4722 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Eccleshill, Yorkshire, England, 12 August 1881 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Brewer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 12 October 1916, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) Plot VI, Row L, Grave 9. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 6 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4722, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4722, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4722, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
William Dearden was born in Yorkshire, England in 1881. He married Harriet in 1906 at age 25 and travelled out to Fremantle, Western Australia during July 1912, along with his wife and two children.
He enlisted during February 1916 and arrived in France only three weeks before he was killed in action by retaliatory shelling after an Australian trench raid in Belgium.
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