AUSTRALIAN WW1 BRITISH WAR MEDAL 22217 J WILLESDEN FIELD ENGINEERING COY AIF

Offered is an British War Medal (1914 – 18) impressed named 22217 SPR. J. WILLESDEN. F.C.E. A.I.F. James WILLESDEN Regimental number 22217 Place of birth Binfield England Religion Church of England Occupation Farmer Address Howatharra, via Geraldton, Western Australia Marital status Married Age at embarkation 26 Next of kin Wife, Mrs L S Willesden, Howatharra, via Geraldton, Western Australia Enlistment date 6 December 1917 Rank on enlistment Sapper Unit name Engineering Field Companies, General Reinforcements AWM Embarkation Roll number 14/42/4 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 21 March 1918 Regimental number from Nominal Roll 1706 Rank from Nominal Roll Sapper Unit from Nominal Roll Signal Engineers Details Fate Returned to Australia 1 June 1919