2nd Pioneers Battalion
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William James Caddy (SN 587) born in Ballarat, was a 21 year old carpenter when he enlisted at Ballarat on March 16th 1915. He embarked aboard the Persic on May 28th and saw action at Gallipoli with the 13th Light Horse Regiment. In March 1916 he was transferred to the 2nd Pioneer Battalion in France. In July he was severely gassed and evacuated to hospital in England suffering gas poisoning and shell shock. He was returned to Australia aboard the Kanowna and disembarked at Melbourne on October 28th 1916. On March 21st 1917 he was discharged ‘medically unfit, shell shock and functional paraplegia’.
His brother Stanley also served in the AIF and is honoured with a tree in the Avenue.
