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KIDNER, Herbert James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6296 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Herberton, Queensland, Australia, 16 November 1890 |
| Home Town: | Herberton, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Teamster |
| Died: | Innisfail, Queensland, Australia, 10 May 1971, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Innisfail Cemetery, Qld Section 19, Row 9, Plot 6 |
| Memorials: | Evelyn Scrub War Memorial, Herberton War Memorial, Padre White Memorial Chapel |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6296, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6296, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6296, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane | |
| 1 Feb 1917: | Imprisoned |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Reported as taken prisoner of war, 1st February 1917. On that date a group of 70 men from C Company of the 15th Battalion were sent out to take a German advance post at Goudecourt. They held it for a time but their bombs ran out and the Germans came up in large numbers. The Germans took a number of prisoners, the operation lasting from 7 p.m. on 1st February until about 4 a.m. the next morning. Lindner was wounded when captured, grenade shrapnel in the right thigh. Interned Limburg Gefangenlager - repatriated to England 22 November 1918. Returned to Australia 5 March 1919.
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