Regimental number | 2106 |
Place of birth | Stroud, New South Wales |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Painter |
Address | Aboukir Street, Rockdale, New South Wales |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 30 |
Height | 5' 8.75" |
Weight | 144 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs A Badger, Aboukir Street, Rockdale, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 2nd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Karoola on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas and Elizabeth BADGER; Wife: Annie BADGER. Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance. |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Joined 2nd Bn, Gallipoli, 6 August 1915. Wounded in action, 7 August 1915 (gun shot wound, left arm), and admitted to 3rd Field Ambulance Advanced Dressing Station, Mudros; transferred to No 1 Australian Stationary Hospital, Mudros, 8 August 1915; to Base, 17 August 1915; to England, 17 August 1915, and admitted to Mile End Military Hospital, Hampstead, 31 August 1915. Commenced return to Australia from Portland on board HT 'Star of Victoria', 19 January 1916; discharged (medically unfit: gun shot wound, right arm, and rheumatism), Sydney, 7 October 1916. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Death attributed to war service. |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 53 |
Place of burial | Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney, New South Wales |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BADGER Miles |