Henry Ivan Stanley BAWDEN

BAWDEN, Henry Ivan Stanley

    Service Number: 5032
    Enlisted: 8 January 1916, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1889
    Home Town: Sebastopol, Ballarat North, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Cyanider
    Died: 25 May 1965, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Echuca Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
    Commemorated with a plaque in the Victorian Garden of Remembrance
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    World War 1 Service

    8 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5032, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
    1 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 5032, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
    1 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 5032, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne
    23 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 65th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 8th Battalion
    19 Sep 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 65th Battalion
    8 Apr 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5032, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Frederick Bawden and Mary Ann Bawden nee Johnston of Beverin Street, Sebastopol, Victoria. Brother of Frederick Percival Lancelot Bawden who was killed in action on 4 October 1917 while serving with the 8th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres

    Commenced return to Australia on 11 January 1918

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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