LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Frederick Henry KIDMAN
Service No: 51047
Born: Gama VIC, 1 May 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 23 February 1942
Unit: No. 1 Engineering School, Ascot Vale VIC
Died: Ground Accident, Duck Ponds VIC, 13 June 1942, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Geelong Western Public Cemetery, Victoria
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Oliver H. Kidman and Mary Elizabeth Kidman, of North Geelong
Roll of Honour: Geelong VIC
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 13 June 1942, Aircraftman Class I Kidman, a Trainee Group V, died in a collision between his motor cycle and a car near Duck Ponds on the Geelong-Melbourne road.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/133/143