KIDD, Robert
| Service Number: | 290 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Barry's Reef, Blackwood, Victoria, Australia, 20 December 1893 |
| Home Town: | Yea, Murrindindi, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Yea Primary School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Saw Miller |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Passchendaele Ridge, 25 October 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Yea School No 699 Great War Roll of Honor, Yea War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 290, 4th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 290, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 290, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 27 Nov 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 58th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 58th Infantry Battalion |
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Robert KIDD
Regimental number
290
Date of birth 20 December 1893
Place of birth Barry's Reef, Blackwood, Victoria
Religion Presbyterian
Occupation Sawmiller
Address Mathieson Street, Yea, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 20
Height 5' 9.5"
Weight 146 lbs
Next of kin
Father, Arthur Kidd, Yea, Victoria
Previous military service 15th Light Horse
Enlistment date 20 August 1914
Place of enlistment Broadmeadows, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 4th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron
Embarkation details
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A18 Wiltshire on 19 October 1914
Regimental number from Nominal Roll
Commissioned
Rank from Nominal Roll
Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll
58th Battalion
Fate
Killed in Action 25 October 1917
Place of death or wounding
Passchendaele Ridge
Age at death
23
Place of burial
No known grave
Age Monday 12 November 1917, page 1
Kidd.-Officially reported killed in action on .25th October Lieut Robert Kidd, dearly loved youngest son Arthur and the late Euphemia Kidd, of Yea, also brother of Arthur, Warragul Jane (Mrs. Towt) . Euphemia (Mrs Rae), Alex and Lizzie of Yea and the late Private Neil Kidd who died of wounds on the 7th September, 1915 after three long years of continual fighting We pictured his safe returning But God's will alter all
KIDD.— Killed in action 25th October, 1917, my dearly loved friend, Lieutenant R. Kidd, 58th Battalion, after three years' continuous service.
"Go; say at home we heard the trumpet call and answered. Now it is sweet rest." -(Girlo.)
KIDD.- Killed in action in France on 25th October, a good friend, Lieutenant R. Kidd.
"Behind all shadows standeth God." -(Marge.)