George KYDD

KYDD, George

    Service Number: 1507
    Enlisted: 16 December 1914, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Craig Parish, Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland, 17 July 1888
    Home Town: Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Queensland
    Schooling: Kirriemuir Public School, United Kingdom
    Occupation: Farmer Labourer, Miner
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 14 May 1915, aged 26 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Commemorated on the LONE PINE MEMORIAL Panel 47, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    16 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1507, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
    13 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 1507, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
    13 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 1507, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Arrived in Australia aged 19 years

    Son of Charles Kydd of Plains of Thornton, Forfarshire, Scotland

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    15th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement.

    Enlistment date 16 December 1914

    Age at embarkation 25.

    His father was a farm servant and later a Dairyman, and he married Jane Christison on 27/11/1885 at  Arbroath. The family home was 1 Lilly Bank Road, Kirriemuir.

    He is remembered on the Glamis War Memorial.

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