GIDDENS  H.

Given Names:  Harold

               

Service Number:  121

Unit:  29th Battalion Headquarters                                                                                    

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  76656

 

Age:  19 Yrs  2 Mths

Occupation:  Tailor                                                                                                        

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  9½ In                  

Weight:  147 Lbs

Chest:  33-35 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  5/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Mary Ann Giddens

54 Derby Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                         

Embarkation Date:  10/11/1915

Port:               

Ship:  HMAT Ascanius A11

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Somerset                                        

Embarked:  4/12/1918                               

Disembarked:  15/1/1919

Unit:  5th Division Headquarters                                                                                                     

Rank: 

Discharge Date:  1/3/1919                         

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  23219

British War Medal:  25349

Victory Medal:  25275

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  6/5/1896

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  William GIDDENS                       

Mother:  Mary Ann DOGERAL

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1928     

Place:             

Spouse: Nancie Lillian WEICKHARDT

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 14/5/1988                          

Place: ,           

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Trench fever July 1917

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:   V379947                                                 

Date Enlisted:   13/11/1942                                                     

Date Discharged:  1/10/1945

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary