William Gawthorne KIDGELL

KIDGELL, William Gawthorne

Service Number: 2556
Enlisted: 16 June 1915
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 12th Machine Gun Company
Born: Gympie, Queensland, 30 May 1881
Home Town: Myrrhee, Wangaratta, Victoria
Schooling: Two Mile School, Gympie, Queensland
Occupation: Traveller
Died: Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 6 August 1916, aged 35 years
Cemetery: Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Beaumont Hamel, France
Plot XXIII, Row A, Grave 11, Serre Road Cemetery No 2, Beaumont Hamel, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Myrrhee HB1, Myrrhee State School Pictorial HB, Oxley War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

16 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2556, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
21 Mar 1916: Transferred Private, 12th Machine Gun Company
22 Jul 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Machine Gun Company
Date unknown: Involvement Corporal, 2556, 12th Machine Gun Company

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

William Gawthorne KIDGELL was born on 30th May, 1881 in Gympie, Queensland

His parents were James Gawthorne KIDGELL and Annie Martha QUINTON