Kingsley
Arnold Wesley Cyril
Bidgood
Born in Saddleworth, South Australia, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of Richard Bidgood
and Esther (Golding) Bidgood
Brother of
Lilly Roseina Esther (Bidgood) Geier, Richard Arthur Bidgood, Arthur Edward Frank Henry Bidgood, Alice Lucy (Bidgood) Coulter, Edgar Walter Bidgood, Howard Clifford Mortimer Bertram Bidgood, Garfield Searbert Ernest Roy Bidgood, Gilbert Leo Livingstone Nelson Bidgood, Ivynella Olive Gertrude Ruby (Bidgood) Dunning, Hazel Mignonette Hilda May (Bidgood) Klau, Myrtle Alberta Victoria Florence (Bidgood) Short and Gwendoline Irene Winifred Linnett (Bidgood) Giles
Died
at age 18
in Broodseinde, Belgium
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jan 2015
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Biography
Kingsley Bidgood is an Anzac who served in World War One.
Private Kingsley Bidgood was Killed in Action Broodseinde, Belgium during World War I.
Birth
- 25 FEB 1899, Saddleworth, South Australia - parents Richard Bidgood and Esther Golding
Death
- KIA - 14 OCT 1917, Broodseinde, Belgium
- BIDGOOD.—Killed in action in France, October 14,- Private Kingsley Bidgood, 50th Battalion, aged 18 years and 8 months, beloved youngest son of Mrs. R. Bidgood, now of Marryatville, and the late Richard Bidgood, of Saddleworth[1]
- Private KINGSLEY A. W. C. BIDGOOD, youngest son of Mrs. Esther Bidgood, of Kensington Park, when he enlisted was a scholar at the Adelaide High School, and was only 17 years old. He entered the ranks on June 8, and left for the front on November 7, 1916, as a private in the 7th Reinforcements to the 50th Battalion. After spending some time at Codford, England, he was sent to France. On June 15 he was wounded and sent to England, but recovering, was again sent to the front, and fell in action on October 14. By his school mates and by a large circle of friends he was highly esteemed. He was a member of the Kensington Park Methodist Church. He was the youngest son of the late Richard Bidgood, of Saddleworth. There are three brothers in the ranks. [2] [3]
Occupation
- Coach Builder
Military
- Australian Army Records
- Enlistment date: 2-6-1916
- Service number: 2887
- Rank: Private
- Date of embarkation: 06 November 1916
- Place of embarkation: Adelaide
- Ship embarked on: HMAT Afric A19
- Unit: 50 Battalion
- Death date: 14-10-1917
- Killed in action - result of shellfire while manning a Lewis gun
- Death place: Passchendaele, Belgium
- Memorial: The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
- The family was always under the impression that no record of his burial existed
- A recent search of documents found he was buried in Broodseinde Military Cemetery - see Discovering Anzacs link
- Visit : RSL Virtual Memorial Kingsley Bidgood
sources
- ↑ The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922) Tue 13 Nov 1917
- ↑ The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) Thu 22 Nov 1917
- ↑ Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 - 1931) Sat 1 Dec 1917
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVC-6NZD : 13 December 2015), Kingsley Arnold Wesley Cyril Bidgood, 1917; Burial, Ypres (Ieper), Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial; citing record ID 11980415, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- South Australia BDM - Birth Reg #636/228
- War memorial - North Terrrace, Adelaide, South Australia
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- Commemorating the Missing Database Link for Kingsley Arnold Wesley Bidgood
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Kingsley by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Kingsley:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Kingsley by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Kingsley:
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~12.50%
50.00%
Roger Davey 
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch UB7737466 [compare], yourDNAportal ROG78b0a466, FTDNA kit #IN91226
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Wayne Nelsen :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member waynelsen
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~3.12%
Anne Gardner :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A084298 [compare], Ancestry member ankgardner
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South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society Inc. - Author- Jill Statton
An entry for Kingsley ended up in this book as Kingsley Kitchener Khartoum Bidgood
This was a family joke that unfortunately carried into reality