Service number | 3774 |
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Birth Date | 1897-03-17 |
Birth Place | Australia: New South Wales |
Death Date | 1917-09-28 |
Death Place | Belgium |
Final Rank | Private |
Service | Australian Imperial Force |
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Conflict/Operation | First World War, 1914-1918 |
Gazettes |
Biographical information They dared mightily. in 1963 Published in London Gazette in 1917-11-26 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-03-07 |
Private Patrick Joseph Bugden
Description
Twenty-year-old Pat Bugden (1897-1917), a hotelkeeper from the north coast of New South Wales before enlistment, was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his outstanding bravery over three days during one of the Australians' successful step-by-step advances in late September 1917. On two occasions, when held up by intense fire from machine-guns, he led small parties to silence the enemy posts. Five times he rescued wounded men trapped by intense shelling and machine-gun fire. Once, seeing that an Australian corporal had been taken prisoner, he single-handedly rushed to his comrade's aid, shooting and bayoneting the enemy. He kept fighting until he was killed.
Rolls
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 31st Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Private
- London Gazette
- 26 November 1917 on page 12327 at position 2
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 07 March 1918 on page 401 at position 4
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First World War Embarkation Roll:
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Private
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 31st Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Private
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 31st Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Private
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Roll of Honour:
- Unit
- 31st Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Private
Timeline
Date of birth | 17 March 1897 | |
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Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) | 25 May 1916 | Began training at Enoggera in Queensland. |
Date of embarkation | 19 September 1916 | Embarked with reinforcements for the 31st Battalion. |
Other units | 1917-03 | 31st Battalion. |
Date of honour or award | 1917-09-26 - 1917-09-28 | Awarded the Victoria Cross for action at Polygon Wood, near Ypres, Belgium whilst serving with 31 Battalion, 8 Brigade, 5 Division as a Private |
Date of death | 28 September 1917 | |
Date of recommendation honour or award | 02 October 1917 | |
Date of recommendation honour or award | 03 October 1917 |
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