Sidney VIDLER

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Service Number:	5643
Enlisted:	3 April 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia , 1897
Home Town:	Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	North Newtown and Enmore Public Schools, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Machinist
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 27 February 1917
Cemetery:	Warlencourt British Cemetery Plot V1, Row H, Grave 23. Headstone inscription reads: God will link the broken chain closer when we meet again
Memorials:	Auburn Public School WW1 Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nowra Soldiers Memorial, Sutherland WW1 Memorial Wall

3 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5643, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
9 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 5643, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
9 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 5643, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
3 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5643, 19th Infantry Battalion

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Son of Henry Robert S. Vidler and Elizabeth Vidler of St. Paul's Road, Newtown, New South Wales formerly of Nowra, NSW.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal