William VIDLER

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Service Number:	2038
Enlisted:	30 January 1915, Enlisted at Geraldton, WA.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Petersfield, Hampshire, England, 1890
Home Town:	Geraldton, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Mount Hawthorn, Western Australia, 18 April 1939, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican area, Section LB, Grave 0049
Memorials:

30 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2038, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Geraldton, WA.
29 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 2038, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
29 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 2038, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle
1 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 11th Battalion
22 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Machine Gun Company, From 51st Battalion
14 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2038, 13th Machine Gun Company, Wounds to the left leg (Severe) and chest. Embarked for England on 4 September 1916 aboard HS Newhaven. Left leg later amputated.
2 Nov 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2038, 13th Machine Gun Company, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to amputation.

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Geralton, WA.

Next of kin was given as Mary Vidler of 0xen Bourne Farm, East Meon Hants, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 16 July 1917 aboard HS Kanowna disembarking on 31 August 1917

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1917c William married Catherine Mary Willcocks in Boulder, WA.