Robert Richardson (Bob) TIDYMAN

TIDYMAN, Robert Richardson

    Service Number: 4541
    Enlisted: 6 December 1915, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 19th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Queensland, Austalia, 20 September 1890
    Home Town: Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 15 November 1916, aged 26 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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    World War 1 Service

    6 Dec 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4541, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
    9 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 4541, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
    9 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 4541, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney
    15 Nov 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4541, 19th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Robert and Elizabeth Tidyman of 18 John Street, Woollahra, NSW; brother of William Colledge Tidyman who was wounded in action and later returned to Australia on 7 February 1919; he had been serving in the 17th Battalion; Christopher Tidy who was wounded in action and returned to Australia on 31 March 1919. he had served with the 17 Battalion

    Death was due to a sniper's while looking after Prisoners of War

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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