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TYDEMAN, Theodore Thomas
Service Number: | 201 |
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Enlisted: | 25 August 1914, Morphetville, SA |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 3rd Division Headquarters |
Born: | Quetta, India, 1888 |
Home Town: | Renmark, Renmark Paringa, South Australia |
Schooling: | Royal Military College |
Occupation: | Fruit Grower & PMG employee |
Died: | Result of accident - hit by tram, Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia, 21 March 1953 |
Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (General) West Terrace Crematorium |
Memorials: | Men from Renmark and District Roll of Honor Boards (4) |
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Theodore Thomas TYDEMAN was born in Quetta, India in 1888
His parents were Edwin James TYDEMAN & Hannah Sarah DAVIS
He enlisted in Morphetville, South Australia on 25th August, 1914 & embarked on the HMAT Port Lincoln from Adelaide on 22nd October, 1914 with the 3rd Light Horse Regiment - he returned to Australia in 1917 and was discharged on 8th November, 1917 (3rd Division Headquarters)
He married Ivy Dorothy BAINES in South Australia in 1918 - two known children, Dudley & Colin - divorced 1945
Theodore died in Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia on 21st March, 1953 as a result of an accident when he walked into the path of a tram in Glenelg- he was living in 20 Durham Street, Glenelg at the time
He was cremated at West Terrace Crematorium