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Charles Robert GIDDINGS

Regimental number1736
Place of birthGeurie New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressGentle Rise, Geurie, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Thomas Giddings, Gentle Rise, Geurie, New South Wales
Enlistment date2 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name30th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 17 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Machine Gun Company
FateDied of wounds 1 December 1916
Place of burialSt Sever Cemetery Extension (Section O, Plot II, Row F, Grave 10), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
178
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Geurie Cemetery, New South Wales.
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 1333 Pte Oliver Thomas GIDDINGS, 3rd Bn, killed in action, 18 August 1916; 4415 Pte Elijah Ambrose Victor GIDDINGS, 19th Bn, killed in action, 14 November 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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