FIDDLING, Charles
| Other Name: | Fiddling, Charles Smith - England Christening Records |
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| Service Number: | 1550 |
| Enlisted: | 20 July 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England, April 1882 |
| Home Town: | Woodford, Blue Mountains Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Died of wounds, 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension, France Plot III. Row E. Grave 13. Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY CHARLES ELDEST SON OF MR. & MRS. FIDDLING |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1550, Depot Battalion (AIF), Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1550, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1550, 30th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Suez, Egypt | |
| 5 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1550, 30th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station -- Venereal Warts -- Ferry Post, Egypt | |
| 5 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1550, 30th Infantry Battalion, Admitted -- 15th Australian Field Ambulance -- Venereal Warts -- Ferry Post, Egypt | |
| 18 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1550, 30th Infantry Battalion, Discharged to Duty -- Rejoined Battalion | |
| 18 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1550, 30th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Hororata" | |
| 23 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1550, 30th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
| 18 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1550, 30th Infantry Battalion, Wounded In Action -- G.S.W. Left Chest -- Fromelles, France | |
| 18 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1550, 30th Infantry Battalion, Admitted -- 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station -- G.S.W. Left Chest -- Fromelles, France | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1550, 30th Infantry Battalion, Died of Wounds -- 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station -- G.S.W. Left Chest -- Fromelles, France |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Charles Fiddling was the son of William and Fanny Lavinia Fiddling, of Woodford, New South Wales. The family had come out from Lincolnshire, England sometime after 1911.
Charles was reported as wounded in action, 18 July 1916, near Fromelles. He was admitted No 1 Casualty Clearing Station, 18 July 1916 (gunshot wound, left chest), where he died the next day. He was buried in Estaires Communal Cemetery, 20 July 1916.
His younger brother, 1931 Pte. John Fiddling 17th Battalion AIF had six weeks prior been killed in action on 6 June 1916, age 22.
Biography contributed by VWM Australia
Younger brother Albert Fiddling served with the British Army during World War 1 and lived till 1972.
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