| Regimental number | 2735 |
| Place of birth | Hamilton, Victoria |
| School | State School, Hamilton, Victoria |
| Religion | Methodist |
| Occupation | Drover |
| Address | Lonsdale Street, Hamilton, Victoria |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 19 |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Mary J Niddrie, 11 Canterbury Road, Albert Park, Victoria |
| Previous military service | Nil |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 23rd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/40/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 58th Battalion |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | "Obtained a medal for skill with the rifle in France as a Sergeant, 13th Platoon, 58th Bn." (Details from mother) |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of death or wounding | Villers-Bretonneux, France |
| Age at death | 22 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
| Place of burial | Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot XI, Row F, Grave No. 5), Fouilloy, France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 166 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Son of Robert William NIDDRIE and his wife Mary Jane FAIRBAIRN, 86 Roden Street, West Melbourne. Native of Hamilton, Victoria |
| Family/military connections | Step-brothers: Cpl J.G.G. FAIRBAIRN, killed in action, Palestine, 4 December 1917; Pte G.H. FAIRBAIRN, 14th Bn, returned to Australia; Pte R.M. FAIRBAIRN, 58th Bn, returned to Australia. |
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