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Personal Information
Date of Birth unknown
Place of Birth Perth, Western Australia
Death 23 Nov 1980
Place of Death Cottesloe, Western Australia
Age at Enlistment 18 years, 9 months
Description 5'3" (1.60m) tall; weight 120 lbs (54.4 kg); fresh complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair,
Occupation brickyard employee
Religion Church of England
Address 'Dunrolun', Armadale, Western Australia
Next of Kin Mother Mrs Clara Sloan
Military Information
Reg Number 4793
Date of Enlistment 21 Feb 1916
Rank Private
Unit/Formation 28th Battalion, 12th Reinforcements / 7th Brigade, 4th Division
Date of Embarkation 17 Apr 1916 - 14 May 1916
Ship Embarked On HMAT A60 Aeneas
Date of Return 16 Jun 1919 - 24 Jul 1919
Ship Returned On RMS Ormonde
Fate Returned to Australia
Monument Armadale (Armadale panel)
Armadale Congregational Church Honour Board
Armadale and Districts Roll of Honour
Medals British War Medal
Victory Medal


Pre War

War Service

Allocated to the 12th reinforcement draft for the 28th Battalion on 1 Apr 1916 six weeks after entering Blackboy Hill camp.

Soon after his arrival in England, he required a stay in Fargo Military Hospital to deal with bronchitis, and again in Jun 1917. In between he was with the 7th Training Battalion at Rolleston.

This delayed his entry to France until 9 Oct 1917, and so he was not taken on strength by the battalion until 14 Oct 1917 at Steenvorde where they are recovering after taking heavy losses on Broodseinde Ridge.

In May 1918 he was seen by the 6th Australian Field Ambulance and sent on to the 4th Casualty Clearing Station, and the 3rd Stationary Hospital in Rouen before being evacuated to the Exeter War Hospital with what was described as a slight case of Trench Fever. [During May the 28th Battalion lost 112 men to hospital sick, in addition to 152 war caused injuries.]

Transferred to the 3rd Auxiliary Hospital in Dartford, he was then released to the No 3 Command Depot in Hurdcott before transferring a month later to the No 1 Command Depot in Sutton Veny. Found to be fit to return to duty he travelled to France again on 6 Nov 1918, rejoining his battalion two days later at Berteaucourt.

On 13 Apr 1919 he proceeded to England to begin his journey home to Australia.

Discharged 5th Military District 8 Sep 1919.

"..enlisted in January, 1916., and sailed with the 12th Reinforcements of the 28th Battalion on 9th April, 1916. Salisbury camp.".[1]

Post War

In 1923 married Amelia (Lena) Budd Godwin who died on 16 Aug 1984, aged 78. Electoral Roll entries - 1922 at 16 Silas street, South Fremantle, a labourer, with mother Clara. 1925 with Lena at 57 Wardle street; 1931 shopkeepers at 168 Mandurah road, South Fremantle; 1936 & 1937 shop assistant at 12 Harvey street Buckland Hill, Claremont; 1943 a grocer at 133 Stirling Highway, Cottesloe; 1949 grocer at 495 Stirling Highway, Cottesloe, with daughter Beryl Jean (1927 -  ?? ) as bookkeeper; 1954 Beryl moved, and brother Keith Budd (1929 - ?? ) listed as clerk; 1958 - 1980 Keith and Lena only.

References

  1. "The Drill of the Foot-Hills" (PDF) (1917). Western Australia. Mar 1917. p. 6. Retrieved 16 May 2017 – via State Library of Western Australia. 

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