BIDGOOD, Harold George
| Service Number: | 833 |
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| 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 |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 833, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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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