Territory Stories

Neil Madsen

Details:

Title

Neil Madsen,

Name

Neil Madsen,

Also known as

Madsen, Neil Henry,

Collection

Returned ANZACs, Territory ANZACs, First World War, 1914-1918,

Place of birth

Uralla (N.S.W.),

Place of enlistment

Darwin,

Date of enlistment

1916-05-08,

Age

21,

Occupation

Labourer,

Service

Australian Imperial Force,

Unit

9th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement,

Rank

Private,

Service number

6367,

Next of kin

Maggie Lennon - Friend ; Hall Street, Paddington, Brisbane, Qld. Johanna Madsen - Mother ; Port Darwin, N.T.,

Date of death

1935-05-11,

Place of death

Goodna (Qld.),

Biographical notes

His father, known as "Old Dutchy" was one of the pioneer cotton farmers of the Territory. Neil Henry was known as Harry or "Young Dutchy" and was a bit of a likeable larrikin, who was often in court. Neil left the Territory in December 1934 and died in Goodna in Queensland in 1935.,

History

Embarked from Brisbane on board HMAT A46 'Clan Mcgillivray' on 7 September 1916, transferred to 44th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement and returned to Australia on 5 September 1919.,

Subject

World War, 1914-1918, Northern Territory, Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, History, ANZAC,

Related links

http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=8211622, http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067549%5CRCDIG1067549--450-.JPG, http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1554293/, http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM4/23/26/, http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8475888, http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8470446, http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/36748822, http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8521041, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3279274, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60705904, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48067341, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48067759, http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=6973, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48067341 ["Young Dutchy", Northern Standard, 23 November: 1934: p.4.], http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM4/23/26/ [Unit War diary], http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8521041 [The Westralian Battalion : the history of the 44th Battalion, A.I.F., 1916-1919 and the Western Australian Rifles by Neville Browning. Bassendean, W.A. : Printed by Advance Press for the author, c2004.], http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067549%5CRCDIG1067549--450-.JPG [Embarkation Roll - HMAT A46 'Clan Mcgillivray'], http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48067759 ["Certified Insane", Northern Standard, 14 December 1934: p.2.], http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8475888 [From Anzac to the Hindenburg Line : the history of the 9th Battalion, A.I.F. by Norman K. Harvey. Uckfield, East Essex, U.K. : The Naval & Military Press in association with Imperial War Museum, 2009.], http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=8211622 [Service Record], http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3279274 ["Departure of the Contingent", Northern Territory Times and Gazette, 11 May 1916: p.13.], http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8470446 [Campaigning with the fighting 9th (in and out of the line with the 9BN A.I.F.) 1914-1919 by C.M. Wrench. Brisbane : Boolarong Publications for 9th Battalions Association, 1985.], http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/36748822 ["Eggs-a-cook!" : the story of the forty-fourth battalion A.I.F. by Cyril Longmore. East Sussex : Naval &​ Military Press, 2009.], http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=6973 [NT Place Names Register : Madsen Road], http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60705904 ["Suffering from compound fracture of the skull", Townsville Daily Bulletin, 25 January 1928: p.11.], http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1554293/ [Nominal Roll],

Parent handle

http://hdl.handle.net/10070/235546,