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Frederick Widdowson Doidge

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1/4 portrait of Sergeant Major Frederick Widdowson Doidge, Reg No 20913, of the Auckland Infantry Battalion, - A Company. 18th Reinforcements. (Photographer: Herman Schmidt, 1916). Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 31-D1947. No known copyright.

1/4 portrait of Sergeant Major Frederick Widdowson Doidge, Reg No 20913, of the Auckland Infantry Ba …

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frederick Widdowson AWMM
  • Surname
    Doidge AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 20913 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
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  • Hapū
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    26 February 1884 AWMM Australia AWMM
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  • Post war occupation
    Journalist/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs F.W. Doidge (wife), care of Captain Clark, Captain Street, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    1 March 1909 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM
    Lyle Eirene Clark AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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    Army AWMM
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    WWI 20913 AWMM
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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
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    WW1 2 May 1916 AWMM
    Age 32 AWMM
    Journalist/Civilian AWMM
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Prisoner of war

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Biographical information

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Death

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    26 May 1954 AWMM
    London, England AWMM
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  • What a great man, I wish my grandmother (his half 1st cousin) had known him, a great example to us all. RIP
    Public - Mitchell - Other relative - 16 April 2017
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