VIDLER, Keith Thomas
| Service Number: | QX1873 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Bombardier |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Field Regiment |
| Born: | Townsville, Queensland,Australia, 12 September 1920 |
| Home Town: | Mysterton, Townsville, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Townsville Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese - Malaria, Dysentery and Malnutrition, Burma, 2 February 1944, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A3 B 19 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, City of Townsville WW2 HR, Townsville Grammar School Roll of Honour, Townsville Grammar School War Service Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 19 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, QX1873, Townsville, Queensland | |
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| 19 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Bombardier, QX1873, 2nd/10th Field Regiment | |
| 20 Jun 1940: | Involvement Private, QX1873 | |
| 2 Feb 1941: | Embarked Bombardier, 2nd/10th Field Regiment, Queen Mary, Sydney | |
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 2 Feb 1944: | Involvement Bombardier, QX1873, 2nd/10th Field Regiment, Prisoners of War |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Vicki Owens
Son of William Henry Vidler and Doris May nee Semple of Townsville, Qld.
HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED
His father, Major William Vidler of the 21 Heavy Battery R.A.A.M died in 1936 when he was 16. His father also served in WW1.
Employed by Burns Philip and Co.
Member of Townsville Military Rifle Club.
He died from a severe attack of malaria while ill with dysentary and malnutrition.
Survived by his mother Doris Burns, brother John and sister Joan Pope.
Advice has been received that Bombardier Keith Thomas Vidler, son of the late Capt. W. Vidler and Mrs. Albert Baker, died of illness on February 15, 1944, whilst a prisoner of war in a Japanese internment camp. Bombardier Vidler who served in the Malayan-Singapore battles, was a past scholar of the Townsville Grammar School. and prior to the war was a member of Burns, Phillip and Co. a staff.
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