Regimental number | 4158 |
Place of birth | Manly, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | 'Marstrand', Maruben Road, Mosman, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Height | 6' 0" |
Weight | 147 lbs |
Next of kin | Sister, Mrs B.M. Paton, 'Marstrand', Maruben Road, Mosman, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Rifle Club, Cambridge (5 months) |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Dubbo, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 1st Battalion, 13th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/18/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 4158A |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 54th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Died in Wellington, New Zealand. Parents: Edward and Bertha Louise Pooley BADMINGTON; Wife: Victoria SLATER (formerly BADMINGTON) |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Marched out of 1st Training Bn, Zeitoun, 16 February 1916, and taken on strength of 54th Bn the same day. Promoted Corporal, 1 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Posted as missing in action, 19-20 July 1916; now, 20 July 1916, reported as 'wounded in action'; admitted to No 13 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 22 July 1916 (gunshot wound, penetrating chest, severe); transferred to England, 4 September 1916; to East Leeds War Hospital, Leeds, 5 September 1916 (gunshot wound, left chest, empyema tube); to No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 5 April 1917; discharged to furlough, 2 May 1917; marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 17 May 1917. Commenced return to Australia on board HS 'Euripides', 21 July 1917; disembarked Melbourne, 18 September 1917; discharged Sydney (medically unfit), 18 March 1919. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal Death attributed to war service. |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 43 |
Place of burial | Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney, New South Wales |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BADMINGTON Sydney Oscar |