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DIDCOTE, Harry Fifield

Service Number:	194
Enlisted:	13 February 1915, Liverpool, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, April 1888
Home Town:	Wetherill Park, Fairfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 January 1918
Cemetery:	Gunners Farm Military Cemetery O 9,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Smithfield St James Anglican Church Honour Board

World War 1 Service

13 Feb 1915:	Enlisted Liverpool, Sydney, NSW
12 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 194, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 194, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
20 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 194, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
14 Oct 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 194, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW jaw
13 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion
1 Jun 1917:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches
12 Jan 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 194, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 194 awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-01-12

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Biography

Son of Thomas and Mary Letitia DIDCOTE

Of 2 Jeynes Row, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England