Topic: AIF - 1B - 2 LHR
2nd LHR, AIF
2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
George Malcolm Waddell
George Malcolm Waddell
Address: 2 Mile Hotel, Gympie, Queensland.
Conflict: 1914-1918.
Embarkation Age: 20.
Embarkation details: Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A15 Star of England on 24 September 1914.
Embarkation Rank: Private.
Embarkation Roll number: 10/7/1.
Embarkation Unit name: 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron.
Enlistment date: 21 August 1914.
Fate: Killed in Action 23 December 1916.
Marital status: Single.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Next of kin: Father, George Waddell, 2 Mile, Gympie, Queensland.
Occupation: Labourer.
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial: 3.
Place of birth: Charters Towers, Queensland.
Place of burial: Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave 164), Egypt.
Place of death or wounding: Magdhaba, Sinai Peninsular, Egypt..
Rank at death: Lance Corporal [L Cpl].
Regimental number: 399.
Religion: Church of England.
Unit from Nominal Roll: 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment.
War Grave Register notes: 399 Lance Corporal George Malcolm WADDELL, 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment. Killed in action 23rd December 1916. Son of George and Mary Alice Waddell. Native of Charters Towers, Queensland. B. 164..
Lest we forget
Sources Used:
National Archives Service File.
Embarkation Roll, AWM8, Class 10, Light Horse.
Nominal Roll, AWM133, Nominal Roll of Australian Imperial Force who left Australia for service abroad, 1914-1918 War.
Roll of Honour, AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
CWGC files, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Debt of Honour Register.
Collected Records of Steve Becker.
Further Reading:
2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF
2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
The Battle of Magdhaba, Sinai, December 23, 1916, Roll of Honour, Australia and New Zealand
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 2nd LHR, Roll of Honour, George Malcolm Waddell
