William Dixon VIDLER

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Service Numbers:	2743, N101761
Enlisted:	12 June 1916, Enlisted at Kiama, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Jamberoo, New South Wales, Australia, 22 May 1883
Home Town:	Jamberoo, Kiama, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 3 May 1957, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Kiama General Cemetery, New South Wales
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Jamberoo Memorial Arch, Jamberoo Uniting Church Roll of Honor

12 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2743, 45th Infantry Battalion , Enlisted at Kiama, NSW
7 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2743, 45th Infantry Battalion , HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
7 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2743, 45th Infantry Battalion , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
16 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Infantry Battalion, In Etaples.
11 Apr 1917:	Imprisoned Captured at Reincourt while wounded. Interned at Soltau, Germany. Repatriated from Ripon to England arriving on 26 December 1918
12 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2743, 13th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

14 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, N101761

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Son of William James Newton Vidler and Isabella Georgina Vidler nee Dawes of Jamberoo, NSW.

Prior to enlisting William had been a member of the Jamberoo Rifle Club.

Husband of Annie Vidler nee McClelland of Albion Park, NSW. William and Annie married during 1907c in Kiama, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 9 February 1919 aboard HT Ascania disembarking on 4 April 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal