KIDD, Sidney John Claud
| Service Number: | 865 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Paterson, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Paterson, Dungog, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Paterson Public School,New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 7 August 1915, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Paterson District War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 865, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 865, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Yvonne Fletcher
Maitland Weekly Mercury, 11 September 1915, p.10
Paterson
On Tuesday evening last the Rev. Canon Hirst was in receipt of a telegram from the military authorities asking him to convey to Mrs. W. Kidd, Tocal, Paterson the sympathy of the King and Queen and the Commonwealth Government in the loss of her son, Trooper Sidney Kidd, who was Killed In Action on the 7th August last. Trooper Sidney Kidd is the first of our local men to meet his death while in action, and although regretting deeply his death, we are proud of the noble sacrifice he made for his country. When the sad news gradually circulated, there were many expressions of sorrow for the widowed mother and her large family in their sad bereavement. Sid, who was only 23 years of age. Was a fine, manly fellow and admired by many.
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