Pvt. William Wareham Biden
- Born: 5 May 1891, Armidale, NSW
- Died: 14 Apr 1918, Strazeele, France aged 26
 Notes:
Found on familysearch, parents Ernest Henry Biden and Fannie Teresa Wareham.
Attestation Paper (original) ; http://mappingouranzacs.naa.gov.au/file-view.html?b=3081296&s=B2455&c=BIDEN W W
From http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=22317 ;
Regimental number 6462
Other Names :BIDEN, W W
School : Petersham Superior Public School, NSW Religion Church of England
Occupation :Wool classer
Address : 'Osterley', Moppit Street, Hay, New South Wales
Marital status : Single
Age at embarkation: 24
Next of kin : Father, E H Biden, Lands Office, Hay, New South Wales
Previous military service: Nil
Enlistment date :17 October 1915
Rank on enlistment: Private
Unit name :3rd Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number : 23/20/3
Embarkation details :Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 7 October 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll SGT; secondary cemetary rank: Private
Unit from Nominal Roll : 3rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour : Circular Name given on RoH circular as William Wareham BIDEN, 3rd Bn. Fate Killed in Action 14 April 1918
Place of death or wounding :Strazeele, France
Date of death: 14 April 1918
Age at death : 27.11
Age at death from cemetery records : 27
Place of burial: No known grave
Commemoration details Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France .Villers-Bretonneux is a village about 15 km east of Amiens. The Memorial stands on the high ground ('Hill 104') behind the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Fouilloy, which is about 2 km north of Villers-Bretonneux on the east side of the road to Fouilloy.
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records Parents: Ernest Henry and Fannie Teresa BIDEN, Department of Lands, Sydney.
Born at Armidale, New South Wales
Family/military connections. Brother: Capain Noel BIDEN, 3rd Field Company Enginners, died of pneumonia, at Lemnos, after evacuation from Gallipoli, 21 December 1915.
War service: Western Front
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/1DRL/0251;
"Two first cousins of Eames were also killed in World War 1: Captain Noel Ernest Biden, 3 Field Company Engineers, died 21 December 1915 and 6462 Private William Wareham Biden, 3 Battalion, died 14 April 1918."
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