LIDBURY, Frank Read
| Service Number: | 754 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 5 May 1916, Field Artillery Maribyrnong |
| Last Rank: | Corporal Mechanic |
| Last Unit: | Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
| Born: | London, England, April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Mullalyup, Donnybrook-Balingup, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 22 December 1952, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 5 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 754, Field Artillery Maribyrnong | |
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| 13 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Class Air Mechanic, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked 754, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 754, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 754, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement 754, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal Mechanic, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), 69th Squadron | |
| 2 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal Mechanic, 754, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), WiA France – fractured arm, evacuated to Beaufort War Hospital, England | |
| 6 May 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal Mechanic, 754, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), embarked England for Fremantle on board Kaiser-i-Hind | |
| 21 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal Mechanic, 754, Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Corporal Frank Read Lidbury (Service No:754) enlisted in the AIF on 5 May 1916 as a Private attached to Artillery Reinforcements Maribyrnong and transferred to Australian Flying Corps (AFC) as an Air Mechanic on 13 September 1916 before embarking from Melbourne for Plymouth on 25 October 1916 on board HMAT A38 Ulysses. Corporal Lidbury transferred to 69th Squadron AFC on 2 March 1917 and was wounded in France on 2 October 1917. Evacuated to Beaufort War Hospital in England, Corporal Lidbury embarked from England for Fremantle on board Kaiser-i-Hind on 6 May 1919 and was Discharged on 21 August 1919.
Born in 1884 in London England, Frank was second of four children of John Dalton Lidbury (b1852 in London, England) and Mary Ann Whitmore (b1852 in London, England). John (an Insurance Clerk) and Mary (a Shop Assistant) married in Cubbington, Warwickshire in 1882 and settled in London where they raised their family and John worked as an Insurance Clerk.
Frank started work in London as a Warehouseman before enlisting in 1907 in the Royal Garrison Artillery (Gunner; Regimental No:26292). By 1911 Frank had joined his younger brother Walter in Western Australia - farming at Donnelly River near Manjimup. In 1915 Frank was a Motor Driver in Midland Junction and in 1916 at Blackwood in WA he married Ethel Florence Cook (b1895 in Kent, England) - Ethel worked as a Nursemaid and Domestic Servant before immigrating in 1913, arriving in Fremantle WA on board the Belgic. In 1916 Frank and Ethel were living at Mallalyup nr Balingup and Frank was working as a Mechanic when he enlisted in the AIF. Following his Discharge in 1919, Frank and Ethel settled in Perth, WA where they raised their family and Frank worked as a Mechanic and Salesman. Frank died in 1952 and Ethel in 1981.