J W Haydon

1.Listed Bungendore War Memorial Hall WW1 ROH (1917) and listed Bygone Qyeanbeyan as "J.W.Sgt Major 7th ALH (B)." 2. “MAPPING ANZACS”: Service Number: 209 ; POB:Bungendore :POE: Sydney ;NOK:Wife: Edyth Haydon(nee Sweeney)
3. AWM Embarkation Roll:The AWM WW1 Embarkation Roll Card Record lists John William Heydon Service No. 209 Sergeant 6 Light Horse Regiment embarking on the HMAT Suevic from Sydney on 21 December 1914.The Embarkation Roll for the 2nd Light Horse Brigade, 6th Light Horse Regiment -“B” Squadron lists the same individual being a 38 year old Labourer from Bungendore NSW NOK: Edith Heydon, wife, Bungendore NSW , DOE: 18.09.14. 2.The AWM Nominal Roll (see Note 4 below) does not list a John William Heydon No. 209 however it does list a John William Haydon No.209. It is suggested that the Embarkation Roll spelling of Haydon as Heydon is incorrect.
4. AWM Nominal Roll: Rank:Sergeant ;Unit: 6 Light Horse ;DOE:18.09.1914 ; RTA:15.10.15 Struck-off Strength 6 LH. 15.10.1915 (Chronic Rheumatism).Discharged AIF 17.01.1917.
5. Stephenson:Died 13.09.1918 (Liver Cancer) aged 40.Buried Bungendore Cemetery. Headstone erected by Comrades on the 7 AIF Bungendore Troop.Grave Headstone in the Bungendore Cemetery refers to Christy Haydon.
6.Boer War Service: Served 1st Australian Horse as Trooper 334 in the Boer War. Older brother of Thomas James Haydon Trooper 398 5th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse. See: BUNGENDORE & DISTRICT WAR MEMORIAL - SOUTH AFRICAN (BOER) WAR 1899-1902 ROLL OF HONOUR .Peter Hugonnet 2011.ISBN: 978-0-646-55612-3