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KIDGELL, William Gawthorne
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2556 |
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Enlisted: | 16 June 1915 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 12th Machine Gun Company |
Born: | Gympie, Queensland, 30 May 1881 |
Home Town: | Myrrhee, Wangaratta, Victoria |
Schooling: | Two Mile School, Gympie, Queensland |
Occupation: | Traveller |
Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 6 August 1916, aged 35 years |
Cemetery: |
Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Beaumont Hamel, France Plot XXIII, Row A, Grave 11, Serre Road Cemetery No 2, Beaumont Hamel, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Myrrhee HB1, Myrrhee State School Pictorial HB, Oxley War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2556, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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21 Mar 1916: | Transferred Private, 12th Machine Gun Company | |
22 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Machine Gun Company | |
Date unknown: | Involvement Corporal, 2556, 12th Machine Gun Company |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
William Gawthorne KIDGELL was born on 30th May, 1881 in Gympie, Queensland
His parents were James Gawthorne KIDGELL and Annie Martha QUINTON