Clement VIDLER

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Service Number:	475
Enlisted:	29 July 1916, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Jamberoo, New South Wales, Australia, 24 September 1896
Home Town:	Bexhill, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 23 April 1970, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bexhill Cemetery, New South Wales
Memorials:	Jamberoo Uniting Church Roll of Honor

29 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 475, 11th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
6 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 475, 11th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
6 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 475, 11th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 475, 11th Machine Gun Company, Wounds to the head and chin. Embarked HS Princess Elizabeth on 11 October 1917 for England from Rouen.
3 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, From 11th Machine Gun Company
12 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 475, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the right knee
25 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 475, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

Son of George Stephen Vidler and Eliza Jane Vidler nee Harris of Corndale, NSW.

Brother of Cecil Vidler who returned to Australia on 12 December 1919 having served with the 25th Battalion.

On 2 February 1918 Clement married Beatrice Gertrude Taylor in Wesley Church, Plymouth, England. Thomas Henry Caddy officiated

Commenced return to Australia on 22 December 1918 aboard HT Bakara disembarking on 14 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal