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Frederick Cecil VIDLER

Regimental number3502
Place of birthBerry, New South Wales
SchoolChillingham District School, New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressChillingham, Murwillumbah, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Frederick Ashley Vidler, Chillingham, Murwillumbah, New South Wales
Enlistment date23 November 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name47th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/64/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A33 Ayrshire on 24 January 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll47th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialButtes New British Cemetery (Plot V, Row C, Grave No. 18), Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
144
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick and Jane VIDLER, Chillingham, New South Wales. Native of Berry, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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