Harold George BIDGOOD

BIDGOOD, Harold George

Service Number: 833
Enlisted: 23 April 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 26th Infantry Battalion
Born: New Town, Tasmania, Australia, 1893
Home Town: New Town, Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling: New Town State School, Tasmania
Occupation: Painter
Died: Illness (Jaundice), At sea (HS Devanha), 9 November 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, buried at sea Panel 67 Chaplain B. Everitt officiated,
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

23 Apr 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 833, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
29 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 833, 26th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 833, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of George Ackland Bidgood and Eva Fanny Bidgood of Bay Road, New Town, Tasmania

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gallipoli, 1915

Pte. Harold George Bidgood, 26th Battalion Australian Infantry, died of jaundice on the hospital ship 'Devanha' on 9th November 1915. He is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial.

“BIDGOOD. — In memory of our beloved son, Harold George Bidgood, who died on active service at Anzac, and was buried at sea November 9, 1915, aged 22 years.

“We gave him up for the Flag's sake,
“The boy we loved so dear;
“For the honour of King and Country,
“In the hour of our Empire's need.” [1]

Born at New Town, Tasmania, the former painter was the 22 year-old son of George Bidgood, of 19 Bay Road, New Town, Tasmania.

[1] 'The Mercury' (Tasmania), 9th November 1916.

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