Participant Info

Surname

Polden

First Name

William

Initial

T

Service Number

1319

Rank

private

Unit Served

16th Battalion

Service Record

Egypt, Gallipoli

Enlistment Date

1914

Enlistment Month

september 12

Embarkation Year

1914

Embarkation Month

December 22

Date of Death

1915

Month of Death

May 1

Death Category

KIA

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, SA section J, notes page 10, image page 9

Also Known As

Spousal

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

George Polden

Parental Address

Tweedvale

Parental City

Parental State

SA

Notes

born Mount Pleasant, May 18, 1890, educated Mount Pleasant, clerk, enlisted September 10, 1914, embarked December 28, 1914. War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, made the supreme sacrifice, May 1, 1915. (His enlistment date has been adjusted from his NAA servic