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Francis George WIDDISON

Regimental number4323
Date of birth25 June 1896
Place of birthMount Egerton, Victoria
ReligionCongregational
OccupationMiner
AddressMount Egerton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Widdison, Mount Egerton, Victoria
Enlistment date8 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 14 January 1917
Discharge date15 June 1917
Other details

War Service: France, Western Front

Wounded in both legs at the Battle of Pozieres. Hospitalised in Rouen having his left leg amputated below the knee. Left for England on 22 September 1916 and spent time at the 3rd London General Hospital

Returned to Australia on board troopship 'Kanowna'
Miscellaneous detailsSon of Henry Widdison (dec'd) and Mary Catherine Widdison of Mount Egerton, Victoria
Date of death11 October 1982
Age at death86
Place of burialMount Egerton, Victoria

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