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LIDINGTON, George Frederick
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 762 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 22 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wolverhampton, England, 6 August 1877 |
| Home Town: | Geraldton, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Birmingham England |
| Occupation: | Linesman Postal Department |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 762, 44th Infantry Battalion | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 762, 44th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked Corporal, 762, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 762, 44th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 762 awm_unit: 44th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Frederick and Charlotte LIDINGTON
Husband of Rosina LIDINGTON of Gregory Street, Geraldton
George also served in the Boer War as a Despatch Rider
LIDINGTON.—In affectionate remembrance of my dear husband, Sergeant George Frederick Lidington, D Company, 44th Battalion, killed in action on, October 4, 1917, at Zonnebeke
Not now, but in the coming years It may be in the better land.
We'll read the meaning of our tears,
And there, some time, we'll understand.
Never to be forgotten by hie devoted wife and little son.
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