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