GIDDENS  C.F.

Given Names:  Charles Frederick

               

Service Number:  1102

Unit:  14th Battalion, B Company                                                                                      

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  32 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Carpenter                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  10½ In                

Weight:  168 Lbs

Chest:  35-37½ In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Ruddy

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  1/10/1914

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Mary Ann Giddens

54 Derby Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                         

Embarkation Date:  22/12/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ulysses A38

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Nestor   

Embarked:  9/2/1916                                 

Disembarked:  9/3/1916

Unit:  14th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  10/7/1916                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  10187

British War Medal:  6379

Victory Medal:  6355

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  2/6/1882

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  William GIDDENS                       

Mother:  Mary Ann DOGERAL

 

MARRIAGE

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Place:             

Spouse:  

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 29/5/1920                          

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Heidelberg Cemetery, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Enlisted again 11/4/1917; No. 175; Base Records Corps

Died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Australian War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Auburn State School

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary