Kidd, Ernest William
SURNAME
Kidd
NAME
Ernest William
PLACE OF BIRTH
Ferryhill, Durham UK
OCCUPATION
Ploughman
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
Cairns
DATE OF ENLISTMENT
8-04-16
NEXT OF KIN
(Aunt) Mrs Sarah Kidd, North Bundaberg
LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE
Address listed Mossman at www.aif.adfa.edu.au
REGIMENT 1
2nd Light Horse
REGIMENT 2
1st Light Horse Machine Gun
RANK
Private/Trooper
CAMPAIGN 1
Middle East
KILLED IN ACTION
Yes ,12-04-18
OTHER INFORMATION
2nd Light Horse, 21st Reinforcement, 1st Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron; British War Medal, Victory Medal; Memorial Scroll to Aunt.
Parents William and Isabella Kidd.
STORY OUTLINE
This man is listed on the Douglas Honour Roll as E. H Kidd but is probably Ernest William Kidd, whose address on enlistment was Mossman. He was a ploughman.
His parents were William and Isabella Kidd but he left his effects to his Aunt Sarah Kidd in Bundaberg. She received his Victory Medal after he was killed in action in April 1918.
He was buried in Jerusalem War Cemetery. His aunt offered to contribute financially to the upkeep of his grave but was told to write to the Imperial War Graves Commission in London "to subscribe to work in general".
SERVICE NO
2943
