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Harry Fifield DIDCOTE

Regimental number194
Place of birthTewkesbury England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTanner
Addressc/o Mrs A C Bell, Witherell Park, Fairfield, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinFather, Thomas Didcote, Jeynes Road, Tewkesbury, England
Enlistment date13 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A32 Themistocles on 12 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Has consistently shown great devotion to duty under all circumstances.
Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30107 (1 June 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169 (4 October 1917).
Recommendation date: 3 March 1917

FateKilled in Action 12 January 1918
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialGunners Farm Cemetery (Row O, Grave No. 9), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
82
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Mary Letitia DIDCOTE, 2 Jeynes Row, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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