Roy SODEN

Badge Number: S31517, Sub Branch: West Croydon
S31517

SODEN, Roy

Service Numbers: 483, S2699
Enlisted: 20 August 1914, Pontville, Tasmania
Last Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit: 4MD / SA & NT Area Lines of Communication
Born: Exton, Tasmania, 5 January 1894
Home Town: Wesley Vale, Latrobe, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Natural causes, 30 November 1983, aged 89 years, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Northdown Roll of Honour, Wesley Vale Pictorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

20 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 483, Pontville, Tasmania
20 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 483, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 483, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Geelong, Hobart
9 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 483, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
15 Jan 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant
18 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Light Horse Regiment

World War 2 Service

19 May 1941: Enlisted S2699, Keswick, South Australia
19 May 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, S2699
20 May 1941: Involvement S2699, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces
12 Apr 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, S2699
12 Apr 1945: Discharged Lieutenant Colonel, S2699, 4MD / SA & NT Area Lines of Communication

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