GIDLOW, William
| Service Number: | 8 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Thomastown, Kilkenny, Ireland, 1874 |
| Home Town: | Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Geelong, Greater Geelong City, Victoria, Australia, 19 December 1939, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Geelong Eastern Cemetery, Victoria Plot EAS-PRES-09-807-014 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 8, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Sergeant, 8, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| Date unknown: | Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 8 November 1917 on page 2935 at position 11 London Gazette 9 July 1917 on page 6822 at position 1 | |
| Date unknown: | Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has consistently shown a fine example of courage and coolness under fire, and has performed good and valuable service throughout.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 189 Date: 8 November 1917 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Wife-Louisa Margaret Laing Gidlow 1881–1950
He is honoured on the Kilkenny Station War Memorial.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Next of kin-Wife, Mrs Margaret Gidlow, Bairnsdale, Victoria.
Previous military service Served for 16 years in the Royal Engineers, British Army.
Enlistment date 15 February 1915
Place of enlistment Bairnsdale, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Sergeant
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A33 Ulysses on 10 May 1915-age at embarkation 40.
Unit name 22nd Battalion Head-Quarters Staff
Unit from Nominal Roll 5th Pioneer Battalion.
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) Distinguished Conduct Medal-Recommendation date: 9 March 1917.
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Transferred to Divisional Engineers Company, Heliopolis, 6 August 1915; marched out to base details, 3 September 1915; rejoined unit from details, Tel-el-Kebir, 19 March 1916. Transferred to 5th Pioneer Bn, 22 March 1916; to be Sergeant, 24 March 1916.
Embarked Alexandria on HMT 'Canada' and proceeded to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 25 June 1916; allotted to Pioneer Training Bn and placed on supernumerary list, 3 March 1917. Marched into Pioneer Training Bn, Larkhill, 6 March 1917; proceeded on command to Pioneer School, Fovant, 9 May 1917; awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, 5 June 1917. Citation reads: 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has consistently shown a fine example of courage and coolness under fire, and has performed good and valuable service throughout'.
Proceeded to France through Southampton, 9 July 1917; marched into 5th Australian Divisional Base Depot, Havre, 10 July 1917; moved into the field, 31 July 1917; rejoined unit in the field, 1 August 1917; detached to Pioneer Training Bn, 1 December 1917. Marched into Pioneer Training Bn, Larkhill, 4 December 1917; moved out to detached working party, 22 January 1918; rejoined unit from working party, 5 February 1918; marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 8 March 1918.
Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Suevic', 21 April 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 7 June 1918.
Discharged Melbourne, 23 August 1918.
Returned to Australia 21 April 1918
Parents: Joseph and Marie GIDLOW
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