CADDY, Arnold Jack
Service Number: | SX1448 |
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Enlisted: | 6 November 1939, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
Last Unit: | WW2 Light Horse Derived Units - Motor Regiments / Machine Gun Regiments /Armoured Car Regiments |
Born: | Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 5 July 1903 |
Home Town: | Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia |
Schooling: | Gawler South Public School, South Australia |
Occupation: | Master tailor |
Died: | Natural causes, Albany, Western Australia, 21 May 1984, aged 80 years |
Cemetery: |
Allambie Park Cemetery, Albany, Western Australia CW #438 |
Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
6 Nov 1939: | Involvement Lieutenant Colonel, SX1448, 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment | |
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6 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Adelaide, South Australia | |
6 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, SX1448 | |
7 Jun 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, SX1448, WW2 Light Horse Derived Units - Motor Regiments / Machine Gun Regiments /Armoured Car Regiments | |
7 Jun 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, SX1448 |
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Commanding Officer of 2/4th Armoured Regiment 1942-1944
Son of Mr and Mrs J.F. CADDY of 12 Railway Terrace, Port Pirie, Arnold was married with a son and a daughter. Educated at Gawler South Public School he was a tailor in civilian life. He enlisted in October 1939 and saw action if Palestine Egypt and Syria and was enroute to Greece when the forces were evacuated. He was mentioned in despatches for gallant and distringuished services in the Middle East.