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Also served in WW11. Lovered his aged to enlist in WW11.

21 February 1918 - Accepted Cadetship with the Indian Army. later as 2 Lieutenant

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal. There were no medals from time served with the Indian Army

RSL Information

27 April 1923 - Transferred to Norwood Sub Branch.

4 May 1932 - Transferred to Burnside Sub Branch

February 1959 - Transferred to Port Noarlunga. His card shows that he had paid in advance to 1973

His last known address was given as 5 Barker, Port Noarlunga. Had previously lived at Kensington Garden

Badge S7941 lost

Fredrick Stanley Kidd was born in Durham, England in 1898. He came to Australia from England, from there he lived in Norwood in Adelaide, SA. Fredrick has hazel eyes, a fresh complexion and light brown hair. Fredrick’s height was 5 foot and a quarter inches and his weight was 126 lbs. in world war 1 the standard weight was 146 pounds and the height was 5 feet and 7.6 inches. Fredrick’s occupation was a plumber (fixes and repairs pipes), he continued his job as a plumber after he left the war. He enlisted into the war on the 22nd of February 1916, Fredrick left Australia for the war on the 11th of April 1916, he was 18 years old. Fredrick embarked from Adelaide South Australia on the HMAT A60 Aeneas.

Fredrick left on the 11th of April 1916 from there he travelled to Cairo in Egypt for further training. In Egypt the Australian Imperial force lacked in discipline and were very mischievous. The acting prime minister the time Billy Hughes dismissed claims of bad behaviour. The lack of good behaviour in the Australian training would continue to effect the force during war.

As Fredrick continued to prove his leadership skills he became a sergeant. A sergeant wasn’t the highest role a soldier could have but they were usually in charge of about 20 – 30 men. a sergeant also had 3 stripes of their sleeve so that everyone could recognise who they were, the other soldiers were obliged to salute them but Australia didn’t do as well as the British did. Fredrick did not attend Gallipoli because by the time Fredrick enlisted the Gallipoli battle was over. After Fredrick trained in Egypt his battalion was then taken to France for battle. During Fredrick’s time in battle he was taken to hospital on the first of November 1916 because of excessive diarrhoea. Fredrick re-joined the battalion on the 20th of of December 1916.

The battalion fought in the second battle of Arras in May 1917, which was where the British troops attacked the Germans in Arras, France. The outcome of this battle was the British empire winning. Soon after they were taken to Germany. There they fought mainly along the Polygon Wood near Ypres. The next battle the 32nd battalion fought in was the battle of Passchendaele. In the battle of Passchendaele, was the allies vs the German empire. The battle took place on the western front and went from July to November 1917.The 32 battalion was disbanded in 1919. In battle the soldiers used tanks, rifles, poison gas, machine guns etc.

Fredrick was discharged from the war on the 6th of February 1918. Fredrick returned to Australia after the war and continued to live his life just as it was before the war. On the 10th of September  1972 Fredrick Stanley Kidd passed away

Soldiers in World War One were called Anzacs because it stands Australian and New Zealand army corps. The legend of Anzac Spirit was created on the 25th of April 1915, and was continued to be displayed during Gallipoli. Even though the Australian Anzacs weren’t necessarily the best at fighting in World War 1 they still continued to show great courage, endurance, initiative, discipline and mateship. The Anzac spirit was shown mostly at times of conflict, danger and hardship.