Detail victim

Name CADDY
Initials JC
First name JAMES CONSTANTINE
Place of birth Cabbage Tree, Creswick
Country Victoria, Australia
Last residence Melbourne-Road, Creswick, Victoria
Family Son of Peter and Eliza Mary Caddy; Six brothers William Thomas, Peter, William, Thomas, Alfred Edward, Henry; Three sisters Amelia, Rosina, Eliza May
Profession Labourer

Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 19 August 1914, Ballarat
Service number 6726
Rank Private
Medals 1914/15 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regiment and unit 8th Bn. Australian Infantry
Division - Brigade 2nd Brigade
Army - Corps - Division 1st Australian Division
National force A.I.F.
Other data related to military career Also service n°335; embarkation 19 October 1914, Melbourne; 5 April 1915 embarked Alexandria; 13 March 1917 proceeded France.

Wounded 27 April 1915 fractured collarbone (buried by a shell in trench).
1 Mai 1915 wounded collarbone – fractured clavicle.
9 February 1916 re fractured clavicle.
20 September 1917 shot wounds thigh and right arm.
Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds left thigh, in n°17 CCS
Date of death 20 September 1917
Died at the age of 35
Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIII - D - 18