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Peter Joseph BARDON

Regimental number5332
Place of birthStonehall, Ireland
Place of birthWest Meath, Ireland
SchoolNational School, Ireland
Age on arrival in Australia19
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressPost 0ffice, Rosewood, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Height5' 2.5"
Weight127 lbs
Next of kinFather, N Bardon, Stonehall, Mullingar, Ireland
Enlistment date7 December 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll7 December 1915
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Hawkes Bay on 20 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 12 August 1916
Date of death12 August 1916
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialBologne Eastern Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row B, Grave No. 136), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
74
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Nicholas and Margaret Bardon, Stonehall, Crooked Wood, Mullingar, Ireland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Sydney on SS 'Hawkes Bay', 20 April 1916; disembarked Egypt, 24 May 1916; joined 15th Bn, 27 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria on HMT 'Transylvania' and proceeded to join the British Expeditionary Force, 1 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 8 June 1916.

Wounded in action, 8 August 1916; admitted to 2nd Australian Field Ambulance, 9 August 1916, and transferred to 44th Casualty Clearing Station (shrapnel wound, right arm); to 13th General Hospital, Boulogne, 10 August 1916 (right arm amputated).

Died of wounds, 12 August 1916.

Buried at Boulogne Cemetery Grave No 3739.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BARDON Peter Joseph

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