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FIDGE, Allan Horatio
| Service Number: | 6749 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 9 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Pirie, South Australia, 20 August 1888 |
| Home Town: | Coonalpyn, The Coorong, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 8 October 1939, aged 51 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: LO, Road: 9N, Site No: 6 |
| Memorials: | Coonalpyn Honour Roll, Coonalpyn Soldiers Memorial Park Gates, Coonalpyn War Memorial, Robe War Memorial, Wandearah East Broughton Plains Region War Memorial, Wandearah East Hundred of Pirie Roll of Honour WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1916: | Enlisted | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6749, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6749, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 7 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6749, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jun 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 6749, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6749, 10th Infantry Battalion, Temp Cpl Wounded, GSW left arm 18/9/1918 |
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From How We Served
6749 Corporal Allan Horatio Fidge of Coonalpyn, South Australia had been engaged in farming when he enlisted for War Service on the 9th of September 1916 and was allocated to reinforcements for the 10th Battalion 1st AIF.
Embarked for England and further training Allan departed Australia on the 7th of November and following his arrival on the 9th of January 1917 he was entered into camp to be prepared for the trenches of France. By the 20th of April Allan had arrived at Etaples for his final phase of training before being taken on strength with his Unit in the field on the 27th of April.
Allan’s service at the front was continuance until he was evacuated sick suffering from Trench fever on the 11th of August, and was sent back to England for further hospitalisation on the 9th of September. Remaining in England until he was deemed fit enough for further service, Allan returned to his Battalion in France on the 4th of December and remained with his unit until he was wounded in action on the 18th of September 1918, receiving a gunshot wound to his left arm and was again sent back to England where he arrived two days later. Allan would not return to the front and after a lengthy period of treatment and convalescence he departed England bound for his return to Australia on the 6th of October 1919 and received his official discharge from the 1st AIF on the 6th of January 1920.
Having been re-entered into civilian life Allan’s premature death at the age of 51 occurred on the 8th of October 1939 following which he was formally laid to rest within West Terrace Cemetery, South Australia.
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