Contributed by Ron Inglis, October 2021
David (Ted) Hadlow was a well-known and much esteemed member of the Auburn Methodist Church. As a labourer he worked at Darling Harbour. He had been in Australia for some five years prior to the outbreak of war, living with friends, Mr and Mrs Edwards of Ivy Cottage, Harrow Road, Auburn.
Hadlow did not enlist in the AIF. He returned home to England in March 1916 and there he joined the 21st London Battery of the Royal Field Artillery. Gunner Hadlow, 34, was killed by a shell in his dugout on 25 July 1917 and he was buried in the La Clytte Military Cemetery near the village of De Klijte in Belgium.
For his gravestone, his family in Woolwich, England, chose the inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY.
David Hadlow is honoured on the following memorials in Australia:
- Auburn War Memorial
- Municipality of Auburn 1914-1919 Honour Roll
- Auburn Methodist Church First World War Honour Roll
His decorations:
- British War Medal 1914-20
- Victory Medal