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KIRKBRIDE, Sidney Harold
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1303 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 July 1915, D Coy |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 14th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 2 March 1895 |
| Home Town: | Guildford, Swan, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Car Builder (WA Government Railways) |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
The Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium The Huts Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle Fallen Sailors & Soldiers Memorial, Guildford Grammar School War Memorial, Guildford St. Matthew's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Guildford St. Matthew's Anglican Church Men Who Laid Down Their Lives Honour Roll, Guildford State School Honour Roll, Guildford War Memorial, Guildford and District Roll of Honour, Midland Railway Workshops Soldiers Memorial, Mount Lawley - Inglewood War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1303, 32nd Infantry Battalion, D Coy | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1303, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1303, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 15 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 14th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 26 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 1303, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , 53rd Battery |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Sid was the second of three sons of John Kirkbridge (born 1870 in Yorkshire, England) and Emma Partington (born 1863 in Yorkshire, England). John and Emma Married in Sydney, NSW in 1885, and Sid and younger brother Stanley were born in Fremantle, WA.
Sid was living in Guildford, WA and working for the WA Governemtn Railways as a Car (Locomotive) Builder when he enlisted in 1915 in the AIF as a Private with 32nd Battalion D Coy (Service No: 1303). Sid was WIA in France on 21 November 1916, and a Gunner with 14th Field Artillery when he was KIA near Ypres, France on 4 October 1917