Arthur LEDWIDGE

LEDWIDGE, Arthur

    Service Number: 1358
    Enlisted: 10 November 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Carrathool, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
    Home Town: Carrathool, Carrathool, New South Wales
    Schooling: Carrathool Public School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 28 April 1915
    Cemetery: Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove
    Plot 1, Row A, Grave 3,
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carrathool Public School WW1 Honour Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    10 Nov 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1358, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 1358, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 1358, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Michael and Rose Ann Ledwidge of Carrathool, NSW

    Brother of Michael John Ledidwidge who served with the Army Provost Corps and Frank Bartle Ledwidge who returned to Australia on 28 June 1919 having served with the  7th Light Horse

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

    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    His younger brother NX36469 Private Frank Bartle Ledwidge, 2/19th Battalion, Australian Infantry died as POW of the Japanese during WW2. He was held in the Sandakan POW camp in north Borneo and died on 12 March 1945, age 43. Frank was 14 years of age when his older brother Arthur died at Gallipoli.

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