Thomas MADDEN

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Service Number:	SX18922
Enlisted:	5 March 1941, Torrens Hall, SA
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	2nd/6th Cavalry Regiment
Born:	Edinburgh, Scotland, 10 December 1914
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Private Servant, Government House, Adelaide
Died:	Accidental (Own Weapon discharge), New Guinea, 30 October 1944, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot LL. Row D. Grave 13. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE LOVED BY ALL"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Keswick "M" and Z" Special Units Independent Companies & Commando Squadrons Memorial

5 Mar 1941:	Involvement Trooper, SX18922
5 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Torrens Hall, SA
5 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX18922
23 Oct 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX18922, 34th Infantry Battalion, Wayville, South Australia
29 Mar 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Trooper, 2nd/6th Cavalry Regiment
Date unknown:	Involvement

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