Clarence Vincent MADDEN

MADDEN, Clarence Vincent

Service Number: 2935
Enlisted: 25 March 1916, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 46th Infantry Battalion
Born: Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia, April 1894
Home Town: Grenfell, Weddin, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Natural causes, Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia, 4 February 1951
Cemetery: Grenfell Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials: Grenfell Great War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

25 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2935, Cootamundra, New South Wales
17 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 2935, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
17 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 2935, 46th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Napier, Sydney
2 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2935, 46th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Helen digan

From the Braidwood Review and District Advocate, 5 March 1918:

This soldier, who is in the Snipers' Corps, is the youngest son of Mr. P. A. Madden, of Grenfell,
and brother of Mrs. J. J. Feehan,of the Courthouse Hotel, Braidwood. He is 23 years of age. He left Australia for France 18 months ago, and has had considerable experience in the trenches. So far he has escaped injury, except that on one occasion he suffered from an attack of what is known as trench feet. Latest reports from him were that he was well, and was leaving England again for France after spending his furlough there

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