Topic: AIF - 2B - 7 LHR
7th LHR, AIF
7th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Stuart Courtney Gaden
Stuart Courtney Gaden
Service number: 1480
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 7th Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 6 August 1916
Cause of death: Died of wounds
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: GADEN, Tpr. Stuart Courtney, 1480. 7th Australian Light Horse. Died of wounds 6th Aug., 1916. Age 23. Son of Thomas Burton Gaden and Ida Brereton Gaden, of Romani, Hawkin St., Artarmon, New South Wales. B. 29.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Stuart Courtney Gaden from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 1480 |
| Other Names | Stuart Courtney |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Station hand |
| Address | Holmwood, Shirley Road, Wollstonecraft, North Sydney Line, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 22 |
| Next of kin | Father, Thomas Burton Gaden, Holmwood, Shirley Road, Wollstonecraft, North Sydney Line, New South Wales |
| Enlistment date | 7 July 1915 |
| Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | 17 July 1915 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 7th Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/12/3 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 2 November 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 7th Light Horse Regiment |
| Fate | Killed in Action 6 August 1916 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
| Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 29), Egypt |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 5 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas and Ida GADEN, 'Romani', Hawkin Street, Artarmon, New South Wales |
| Other details | War service: Egypt Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 7th LHR, Roll of Honour, Stuart Courtney Gaden
