Thomas Sidney PIDGEON

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Service Number:	1376
Enlisted:	9 December 1914, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	London, England, 1894
Home Town:	Queenstown, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 15 May 1915
Cemetery:	Quinn's Post Cemetery, ANZAC Row C, Grave 1 Rev. G. Green officiated, Quinn's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

9 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1376, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Oaklands, SA
19 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1376, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1376, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Runic, Melbourne

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Address at the time of enlistment was Long Street, Queenstown, SA

Son of John Pidgeon of Woolwich, London, England. Brother of Rosina Hart of Long Street, Queenstown, SA

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