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Gordon Thomas FIDGE

Regimental number2110
Place of birthWandearah, South Australia
SchoolWandearah South Public School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressWanderah West, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 9"
Weight164 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Jane Fidge, Wanderah West, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date27 March 1916
Place of enlistmentPort Pirie, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/17/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT Seang Bee on 13 July 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll2110A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of wounds 1 October 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialThe Huts Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row D, Grave No. 8), Dickebusch, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
174
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Benjamin and Elizabeth FIDGE, Wandearah West, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, FIDGE Gordon Thomas

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