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GIDDINGS, Francis Vernon
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 63743 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Field Artillery Brigades |
| Born: | Sydney, NSW, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Cronulla, Sutherland Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper |
| Died: | Fractured Skull after fall in street, Cronulla, NSW, 15 September 1927 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Cronulla War Memorial, Sutherland WW1 Memorial Wall |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jun 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 63743, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 5 Jun 1918: | Embarked Gunner, 63743, Field Artillery Brigades, RMS Orontes, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
FATAL FALL IN STREET.
Mr. Francis Vernon Giddings, aged 36 years, who carried on business as an estate agent at Gerralo Street., Cronulla, collapsed and fell in the street near his office on Thursday afternoon of last week. He was conveyed to his home, where it. was found that he had sustained a fracture of the skull. He died shortly afterwards. The deceased, who was a brother of Mr. Lance Giddings, of the firm of Lance Giddings, Ltd., had been an estate agent for about 20 years, and was well and favorably known in the district. He leaves a widow and two children.
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