KILDUFF  S.C.

Given Names:  Samuel Carty

               

Service Number: 

Unit:  22nd Battalion, 5th reinforcements                                                                          

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant                                                                                                     

Paybook Number:  10771

 

Age:  23 Yrs  6 Mths

Occupation:  Salesman                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Roman Catholic

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8¾ In                  

Weight:  160 Lbs

Chest:  35-37½ In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Medium

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  5/2/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Kathleen Kilduff

55 Cobden Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                       

Embarkation Date:  29/9/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  RMS Osterley

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Kanowna

Embarked:  17/12/1917                             

Disembarked:  13/2/1918

Unit:  22nd Battalion                                                                                                                     

Rank:  Lieutenant

Discharge Date:  9/4/1918                         

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  52336

British War Medal:  19727

Victory Medal:  1960

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  23/9/1891

Place:  Albert Park, Victoria                     

Father:  Thomas Albert KILDUFF              

Mother:  Mary Anne MANNION

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1915     

Place:             

Spouse: Kathleen LYNCH

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 22/9/1936                          

Place: North Kew, Victoria                       

Burial:  Box Hill Cemetery, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 9/8/1917; gun shot wound, right hip & abdominal wall

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew RSL

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

Died of injury, see inquest 1936/1248

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary