KIDD, Robert
(Service number 39252)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 09/08/1880 | Place of Birth | Mosgiel |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Hakataramea | ||
| Occupation | Farm hand | ||
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| Next of Kin | Henry KIDD (father), Brown Street, Timar | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 22nd Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company | ||
| Date | 16 February 1917 | ||
| Transport | Aparima | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 7 February 1947 | Age | 66 years |
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| Place of Death | Middlemarch, Otago | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Middlemarch Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Robert (Bob) Kidd was the son of Irish born Henry Kidd and his Scottish wife Christina (née Donald). He was educated at Shag Point, Moeraki and Palmerston schools. Bob married Agnes Watson McKenny (or McKenney, formerly Love) in 1919. He started farming at Sutton, Otago, when he won a land ballot for returned soldiers. Theer the family first lived in a tent. There was an army trainging camp sited on that farm. It is said that his war wounds contributed to his death. His brothers John (Jack) and David also served in World War I, and brthers Gavin (Guy) and Thomas (Tom) served in the South African War. His son Henry McKenney Kidd served in World War II
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [28 April 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of internal Affairs) [28 April 2018]; School Admission records (Oamaru & Dunedin branches NZSG) [28 April 2018]; Middlemarch Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [28 April 2018]
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