Hector Kingsley Portus TIDDY

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TIDDY, Hector Kingsley Portus

Service Numbers:	N2667 , Second Lieutenant
Enlisted:	1 February 1916
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. Squadron Royal Flying Corps
Born:	Petersham, New South Wales, Australia, 9 September 1891
Home Town:	Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed In Action, Belgium, 26 July 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinghe, Flanders, Belgium III A 1
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

1 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, N2667 , Reinforcements WW1
26 Jul 1917:	Involvement Second Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant, No. Squadron Royal Flying Corps

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Husband of Doris K. Tiddy, of "Carrington," Auburn St., Granville, New South Wales, Australia.

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

'King' Tiddy, as he was known, was born in Petersham, NSW on 9 September 1891, to Henry Martin and Eva Alexandra Tiddy.
In 1896 Henry moved to Boorowa where, for the next thirteen years, he ran a general store.
King was enrolled at Boorowa Central School before attending Sydney Grammar.
After graduating from Sydney University with Honours in a Science Degree, King took up the post of Mathematics Master at Orange High School.
In January 1916 he enlisted in the AIF and was posted to 17 Battalion; being discharged in January 1917.
He attended the State Aviation School at Richmond and in April 1917 he was sent to England by the NSW Government, where he joined 7 Squadron Royal Flying Corps.
On 26 July 1917 he was killed on a practice flight near Proven in Belgium, when he lost control of his aircraft at a height of just 300 feet, went into a spin and crashed.
He was 25 years old.

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