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LYDDON, Hugh Edmund
Personal Details
Service Number: | Officer |
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Enlisted: | 21 December 1915, Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 1st Field Company Engineers |
Born: | Islington, London, England, 30 November 1881 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | City & Goulds of London College |
Occupation: | Civil Engineer |
Died: | Killed In Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 35 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Rozelle Sydney Harbour Trust Officers and Employees Pictorial Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
21 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Sydney, NSW | |
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2 May 1916: | Involvement Lieutenant, 2nd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
2 May 1916: | Embarked Lieutenant, 2nd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
11 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Field Company Engineers |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William and Elizaabeth LYDDON