BIDEN, William Wareham
| Service Number: | 6462 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 5 May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Hay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Petersham Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Woolclasser |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 14 April 1918, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6462, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6462, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6462, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Riverine Grazier (Hay, NSW) 30 April 1918. PRIVATE WILLIAM BIDEN.
'Mr. E. H, Biden, draftsman in charge of the Hay Survey Office, has received word from the authorities that his only remaining son, Private William Biden, was killed in action on the 14th April 1918.
Private Biden, who was a very fine stamp of an Australian, was well known locally, and great regret will be felt at his death. He was an athlete of more than ordinary prowess, and had won championship events in England, before being sent to France. Mr. and Mrs. Biden's younger son, Captain Noel Biden, who was one of the most brilliant of the Duntroon Military College students, lost his life during the Gallipoli campaign.'