William Francis Kiddey (1897 - 1917)

Born 18 Apr 1897 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Biography

William Francis Kiddey was born on the 18 April 1897 to William Frederick Kiddey and Mary/Marie Condon/Radovonich. ^[1] On the WW1 enlistment forms he says his date of birth is the 8 April 1895. ^[2]

He enlisted for service in WW1 on the 12 October 1915. In the medical examinaton he is described as being 5 feet 3 and 3/4 inches tall, with a sallow skin, brown eyses and black hair. He had bad teeth, and was to have dentures. He worked as a cycle repairer and lived at 50 Rolleston Street. ^[3]

Frank was killed in action in Belgium on the 24 February 1917.

KlDDEY.—November 24. killed in action, France, Corporal Frank Kiddey, son of W. F. Kiddey, 74, London Street, Richmond; aged twenty.^[4]

KlDDEY.—November 23, 1917, killed in action, Serjeant Frank Kiddey, 3rd Battalion, N.Z.R.B. A young Briton who has done his bit.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ New Zealand Births Deaths and Marriages, https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/, accessed 10 September 2021, Birth registration 1897/6792 for William Francis Kiddey, mother Marie, father William Frederick
2. ↑ Archives New Zealand, https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/, Accessed 11 March 2022, Enlistment record for Frank Kiddey
3. ↑ Archives New Zealand, https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/, Accessed 11 March 2022, Enlistment record for Frank Kiddey
4. ↑ Roll of Honour, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT19171213.2.2, Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17661, 13 December 1917, Page 1
5. ↑ Roll of Honour, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT19181123.2.2, Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17955, 23 November 1918, Page 1