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VIDLER, Reginald John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 799 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 4 December 1895 |
| Home Town: | Tamworth, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 28 February 1966, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW North Walls, Wall B, Niche 34 |
| Memorials: | Tamworth Public School WW1 Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 799, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 799, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 799, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 799, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Bayonet wound to the hand | |
| 24 Dec 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 799, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. | |
| 24 May 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 799, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to hernia |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas H. Vidler and Mary Imelda Vidler of Police Station, West Tamworth, NSW
Commenced return to Australia 15 February 1918 aboard HT Llanstephen Castle disembarking on 16 April 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1938c Reginald married Elizabeth Marie Alexander in NSW; following her death in 1956c Reginald remarried to Queenie Ella Vidler on 22 July 1961.