~~~Military Service Record, Australian Imperial Force, World War One~~~~~
Service number:--- Commissoned Officer ( Lieutanent)
Born:--- Gayndah, Queensland, 17th May 1876.
Schooling:--- Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland
Other education:--- Sydney Technical College, New South Wales
Religion:--- Church of England
Civilian Profession:--- Electrical engineer
Home Address:--- Harnsley PO, Harnsley, New South Wales
Marital status:--- Married
Age on enlistment:--- 39 years and 10 months.
Next of kin:--- Wife, Mrs Constance C Caddell, Harnsley PO, Harnsley, New South Wales.
Prior military training:--- 18 months service,Transvaal Mounted Rifles; 1 year 9 months 39th Field Company, Australian Engineers.; Served in Field Coy 39th Engineers, Fort Scratchley, Newcastle, as Second Lieutenant
Attested into AIF:---7th March 1916 at (not recorded)
Rank on enlistment:--- Lieutenant
Final Unit:--- 35th Battalion, B Company, Australian Infantry, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Sydney, New South Wales, aboard HMAT A24 Benalla, 1st May 1916
Final Rank:--- Captain
Recommendations (Medals and Awards):---Military Cross
Recommendation date:---2nd October 1917
Fate:--- Killed in Action, 13th October 1917, Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium.
Burial:--- No known grave, Known unto GOD.
War service:--- Western Front
Medals:---Military Cross, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Parents:--- James John Cadell and Elizabeth Hume Dight married 24th May 1871, Patrick's Plain's, New South Wales.
Wife:--- Constance Cara Blacket married Henry on 9th May 1908 in Ashfield, New South Wales. They only had one child.Constance after Henry's death married Herbert Campbell Shelley. She died 5th July 1955, in Concord, New South Wales.
Daughter:--- Cara Elizabeth "Betty" Cadell
Other details:---Embarked Sydney, 1 May 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 9 July 1916. Promoted Captain, 1 August 1916.
Proceeded overseas to France, 21 November 1916.
Admitted to 9th Field Ambulance, 12 December 1916 (influenza), and transferred same day to 2nd Casualty Clearing Station; discharged to duty, 17 December 1916; rejoined unit, 19 December 1916.
Appointed to temporarily command 'A' Company, 35th Bn, in place of Major Seddon, wounded, 5 January 1917.
Admitted to 2nd Anzac Officers' Rest Home, 6 August 1917; discharged to duty, 13 August 1917.
Extract from 3rd Division Routine Orders: 'The Major General Commanding the division brings to notice this Officer. During an enemy attack, by skilful handling of the situation and by maintaining the enthusiasm and fighting spirit of his men was largely responsible for the successful repulse of the enemy.'
Awarded Military Cross.
Killed in action, Belgium, 12 October 1917.
Service number:--- Commissoned Officer ( Lieutanent)
Born:--- Gayndah, Queensland, 17th May 1876.
Schooling:--- Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland
Other education:--- Sydney Technical College, New South Wales
Religion:--- Church of England
Civilian Profession:--- Electrical engineer
Home Address:--- Harnsley PO, Harnsley, New South Wales
Marital status:--- Married
Age on enlistment:--- 39 years and 10 months.
Next of kin:--- Wife, Mrs Constance C Caddell, Harnsley PO, Harnsley, New South Wales.
Prior military training:--- 18 months service,Transvaal Mounted Rifles; 1 year 9 months 39th Field Company, Australian Engineers.; Served in Field Coy 39th Engineers, Fort Scratchley, Newcastle, as Second Lieutenant
Attested into AIF:---7th March 1916 at (not recorded)
Rank on enlistment:--- Lieutenant
Final Unit:--- 35th Battalion, B Company, Australian Infantry, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Sydney, New South Wales, aboard HMAT A24 Benalla, 1st May 1916
Final Rank:--- Captain
Recommendations (Medals and Awards):---Military Cross
Recommendation date:---2nd October 1917
Fate:--- Killed in Action, 13th October 1917, Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium.
Burial:--- No known grave, Known unto GOD.
War service:--- Western Front
Medals:---Military Cross, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Parents:--- James John Cadell and Elizabeth Hume Dight married 24th May 1871, Patrick's Plain's, New South Wales.
Wife:--- Constance Cara Blacket married Henry on 9th May 1908 in Ashfield, New South Wales. They only had one child.Constance after Henry's death married Herbert Campbell Shelley. She died 5th July 1955, in Concord, New South Wales.
Daughter:--- Cara Elizabeth "Betty" Cadell
Other details:---Embarked Sydney, 1 May 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 9 July 1916. Promoted Captain, 1 August 1916.
Proceeded overseas to France, 21 November 1916.
Admitted to 9th Field Ambulance, 12 December 1916 (influenza), and transferred same day to 2nd Casualty Clearing Station; discharged to duty, 17 December 1916; rejoined unit, 19 December 1916.
Appointed to temporarily command 'A' Company, 35th Bn, in place of Major Seddon, wounded, 5 January 1917.
Admitted to 2nd Anzac Officers' Rest Home, 6 August 1917; discharged to duty, 13 August 1917.
Extract from 3rd Division Routine Orders: 'The Major General Commanding the division brings to notice this Officer. During an enemy attack, by skilful handling of the situation and by maintaining the enthusiasm and fighting spirit of his men was largely responsible for the successful repulse of the enemy.'
Awarded Military Cross.
Killed in action, Belgium, 12 October 1917.
~~~Military Service Record, Australian Imperial Force, World War One~~~~~
Service number:--- Commissoned Officer ( Lieutanent)
Born:--- Gayndah, Queensland, 17th May 1876.
Schooling:--- Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland
Other education:--- Sydney Technical College, New South Wales
Religion:--- Church of England
Civilian Profession:--- Electrical engineer
Home Address:--- Harnsley PO, Harnsley, New South Wales
Marital status:--- Married
Age on enlistment:--- 39 years and 10 months.
Next of kin:--- Wife, Mrs Constance C Caddell, Harnsley PO, Harnsley, New South Wales.
Prior military training:--- 18 months service,Transvaal Mounted Rifles; 1 year 9 months 39th Field Company, Australian Engineers.; Served in Field Coy 39th Engineers, Fort Scratchley, Newcastle, as Second Lieutenant
Attested into AIF:---7th March 1916 at (not recorded)
Rank on enlistment:--- Lieutenant
Final Unit:--- 35th Battalion, B Company, Australian Infantry, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Sydney, New South Wales, aboard HMAT A24 Benalla, 1st May 1916
Final Rank:--- Captain
Recommendations (Medals and Awards):---Military Cross
Recommendation date:---2nd October 1917
Fate:--- Killed in Action, 13th October 1917, Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium.
Burial:--- No known grave, Known unto GOD.
War service:--- Western Front
Medals:---Military Cross, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Parents:--- James John Cadell and Elizabeth Hume Dight married 24th May 1871, Patrick's Plain's, New South Wales.
Wife:--- Constance Cara Blacket married Henry on 9th May 1908 in Ashfield, New South Wales. They only had one child.Constance after Henry's death married Herbert Campbell Shelley. She died 5th July 1955, in Concord, New South Wales.
Daughter:--- Cara Elizabeth "Betty" Cadell
Other details:---Embarked Sydney, 1 May 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 9 July 1916. Promoted Captain, 1 August 1916.
Proceeded overseas to France, 21 November 1916.
Admitted to 9th Field Ambulance, 12 December 1916 (influenza), and transferred same day to 2nd Casualty Clearing Station; discharged to duty, 17 December 1916; rejoined unit, 19 December 1916.
Appointed to temporarily command 'A' Company, 35th Bn, in place of Major Seddon, wounded, 5 January 1917.
Admitted to 2nd Anzac Officers' Rest Home, 6 August 1917; discharged to duty, 13 August 1917.
Extract from 3rd Division Routine Orders: 'The Major General Commanding the division brings to notice this Officer. During an enemy attack, by skilful handling of the situation and by maintaining the enthusiasm and fighting spirit of his men was largely responsible for the successful repulse of the enemy.'
Awarded Military Cross.
Killed in action, Belgium, 12 October 1917.
Service number:--- Commissoned Officer ( Lieutanent)
Born:--- Gayndah, Queensland, 17th May 1876.
Schooling:--- Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland
Other education:--- Sydney Technical College, New South Wales
Religion:--- Church of England
Civilian Profession:--- Electrical engineer
Home Address:--- Harnsley PO, Harnsley, New South Wales
Marital status:--- Married
Age on enlistment:--- 39 years and 10 months.
Next of kin:--- Wife, Mrs Constance C Caddell, Harnsley PO, Harnsley, New South Wales.
Prior military training:--- 18 months service,Transvaal Mounted Rifles; 1 year 9 months 39th Field Company, Australian Engineers.; Served in Field Coy 39th Engineers, Fort Scratchley, Newcastle, as Second Lieutenant
Attested into AIF:---7th March 1916 at (not recorded)
Rank on enlistment:--- Lieutenant
Final Unit:--- 35th Battalion, B Company, Australian Infantry, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Sydney, New South Wales, aboard HMAT A24 Benalla, 1st May 1916
Final Rank:--- Captain
Recommendations (Medals and Awards):---Military Cross
Recommendation date:---2nd October 1917
Fate:--- Killed in Action, 13th October 1917, Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium.
Burial:--- No known grave, Known unto GOD.
War service:--- Western Front
Medals:---Military Cross, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Parents:--- James John Cadell and Elizabeth Hume Dight married 24th May 1871, Patrick's Plain's, New South Wales.
Wife:--- Constance Cara Blacket married Henry on 9th May 1908 in Ashfield, New South Wales. They only had one child.Constance after Henry's death married Herbert Campbell Shelley. She died 5th July 1955, in Concord, New South Wales.
Daughter:--- Cara Elizabeth "Betty" Cadell
Other details:---Embarked Sydney, 1 May 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 9 July 1916. Promoted Captain, 1 August 1916.
Proceeded overseas to France, 21 November 1916.
Admitted to 9th Field Ambulance, 12 December 1916 (influenza), and transferred same day to 2nd Casualty Clearing Station; discharged to duty, 17 December 1916; rejoined unit, 19 December 1916.
Appointed to temporarily command 'A' Company, 35th Bn, in place of Major Seddon, wounded, 5 January 1917.
Admitted to 2nd Anzac Officers' Rest Home, 6 August 1917; discharged to duty, 13 August 1917.
Extract from 3rd Division Routine Orders: 'The Major General Commanding the division brings to notice this Officer. During an enemy attack, by skilful handling of the situation and by maintaining the enthusiasm and fighting spirit of his men was largely responsible for the successful repulse of the enemy.'
Awarded Military Cross.
Killed in action, Belgium, 12 October 1917.
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