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VODDEN, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2896 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 March 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Mangana, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Waratah, Tasmania, Australia, 27 March 1923, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Chillagoe War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 2896, Mining Corps, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 2896, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 2896, Mining Corps, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 2896, Mining Corps, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 2896, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 17 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 2896, Mining Corps, Shrapnel wound to the back | |
| 4 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 2896, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the e6th Military District as medically unfit due to overage and wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as a friend C. Oliver of Mungana, Tasmania.
Commenced return to Australia on 4 May 1917 aboard HT Themistocles disembarking on 2 July 1917 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal