Cpl
Arthur Tait Siddle
Information about birth
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Year of birth: 1896 |
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Place of birth: Mackay, Queensland, Australia |
General information
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Profession: Butcher |
Army information
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Country: Australia |
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Force: Australian Imperial Force |
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Rank: Corporal |
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Service number: 1724 |
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Enlistment date: 07/10/1915 |
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Enlistment place: Roma, Queensland, Australia |
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Units: — Australian Infantry, 49th Bn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 12/10/1917 |
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Place of death: Gasometer, Zonnebeke, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Age: 21 |
Memorial
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Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel: 29 |
Distinctions and medals 3
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1914-15 Star Medal |
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British War Medal Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 3
| #1 | Place of birth | ||
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| #3 | Place of death (approximate) |
My story
On 12 October 1917, during the disastrous First Battle of Passchendaele, the 49th Battalion was in close support near Broodseinde. While in support, four young Australians were killed, when a shell hit their dug-out. The dug-out, near a gasometer on the road going towards, Broodseinde collapsed, burying the four alive. Arthur Ashton, 32, William Hayes, 23, Arthur James, 25 and Arthur Siddle, 21 are remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Sources 3
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49th Infantry Battalion, (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM4 23/66). https://www.awm.gov.au/ Sources used |
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First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 (National Archives of Australia, Canberra (NAA), B2455). http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au Sources used |
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Unit embarkation nominal rolls, 1914-18 War (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM8). https://www.awm.gov.au Sources used |
More information 4
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1601082 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=40292487-bd8c-47c4-b871-4d7d0bfa675a |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7586446 |
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The AIF Project (UNSW Canberra) https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=274427 |