George Busby PIDDINGTON

George Busby PIDDINGTON Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

PIDDINGTON, George Busby

Service Numbers:	512, 6662
Enlisted:	8 January 1917, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, 3 November 1870
Home Town:	Narrandera, Narrandera, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Crown Lands inspector
Died:	Natural causes, Sydney, New South Wales , 8 December 1936, aged 66 years
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Cremated
Memorials:	Bathurst Boer War Memorial, Narrandera WW1 War Memorial

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Trooper, 512, New South Wales Citizen Bushmen

World War 1 Service

8 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6662, 17th Infantry Battalion, Sydney, New South Wales
7 Feb 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6662, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6662, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
30 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6662, 17th Infantry Battalion

Help us honour George Busby Piddington's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography

"MR. GEORGE B. PIDDINGTON

The death occurred in Sydney on 8th December of Mr. George Bushby Piddington, of 4 Gladstone Avenue, Mosmon, aged 66 years. Old residents of Narandera will remember Mr. Piddington, when he resided here about a quarter of a century ago. At that time Mr. Piddington was an accountant in the Commercial Bank. He is survived by his widow and two sons. Messrs. Frank and Peter Piddington." - from the Narandera Argus 15 Dec 1936 (nla.gov.au)

Upload a Picture

Links and Documents

Research Links