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Unit |
12th Battalion,
G Company |
Rank |
Sergeant |
|
Date of Enlistment |
31 August
1914 |
Service no. |
828 |
|
Date of Death |
25 April 1915 |
Place of Death |
Near
Battleship Hill |
|
Age |
22 |
|
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Cemetery |
Baby 700 |
Details |
Special Memorial
3 |
|
Epitaph |
Reached
the farthest objective. Till the dawn break and shadows
flee. |
|
Next of Kin |
(Father)
KIDSON Charles Barclay |
Address |
Parliament House, Perth WA |
|
Parents |
Charles
Barclay and Mary Amelia Kidson |
Address |
Parliament House, Perth WA |
|
Date of Birth |
28 May
1894 |
Place of birth |
WA Perth |
|
General |
"Kidson was in
the Anzac landing. A party had to advance seven or eight hundred yards
to act as a shield to the main body. Kidson was with this party
and fell during the charge. Witness saw Kidson kneeling with his
head on the ground. He lay very quiet. The party had to retire after
an hour or so. Many bodies were lying on the ground retired over.
Machine guns played across these bodies. Kidson must have been
dead when witness saw him, and his body would be riddled with machine
gun bullets. Kidson lived in S. Perth. He had an impediment in
his speech. His father is a parliament official in W. Australia."
AWM Red Cross
files,
1DRL/0428, 1510403
(source 7) |
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Other Sources |
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Photo |
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The Western Mail Newspaper, 25 June 1915, page 28
(source 52) |
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Newspaper article |
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The
Adelaide Advertiser Newspaper, 16 June 1915, page 10
(source 47) |
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Newspaper article |
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The Argus
Newspaper, 12 August 1915, page 1 (source 42) |
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Family details |
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Spirits of
Gallipoli |
 |
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Headstone |
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Gallipoli Photographic Expedition, 2009 (source 183) |
 |
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Various |
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King's Park Avenue of Honour, Perth WA (source 146) |
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Various |
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Perth War Memorial, WA (source 14) |
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Various |
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Perth War Memorial, WA (source 14) |
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Various |
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Perth War Memorial, WA (source 14) |
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Various |
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Perth War Memorial, WA (source 14) |
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Various |
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Australian War Memorial, ACT, Panel 66 (source 14) |
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