2391 PTE J.W.SIDDELL 22/BN A.I.F.
John William Siddell
Born Spennymore, Durham 1894
Son of Thomas Richard & Caroline Siddell
Enlisted in the 22nd Australian Infantry Battalion at Melbourne, Victoria
Went to France & served on the Somme
Wounded in Action (Shell Shock) during the captured the Pozieres Heights & Mouquet Farm 31/7/16
For more details of this action, the 22nd AIF's first full-scale offensive of WW1 - Click here
Admitted to No.3 Casualty Clearing Station 31/7/16 & was then invalided to Blighty
Returned to France 13/12/16
KIA F&F 16/3/17
Buried in Warlencourt British Cemetery, Somme, France
To view & download 36 page digital file of his AIF Service Papers - Click here
Condition: NEF
