Tiddy, Hector Kingsley Portus

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B.Sc., B.E. : Lieutenant, R.F.C., B.E.F., France. After passing all tests —among the first at Richmond Aviation School—proceeded to England 18th April, 1917, and joined R.F.C.
Trained at Farnborough, Reading and Hendon, was commissioned 30th May, promoted flying-officer 13th Ju ly and crossed to France on 19th,serving till death.
Killed by Accident, Belgium, 26th July, 1917, a few days aftercrossing—while testing an aeroplane—and was buried in Mendinghem British Cemetery, Proven.
Early education at Sydney Grammar School.

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1891

Tiddy H.K.P. : Life.Birth 1891
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Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
1914

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1914
1915

Teacher at North Sydney -- NSW, Australia 1915
1915

Teacher at Orange -- NSW, Australia 1915
1916

Military service as Lieutenant at France --, France ; Belgium --, Belgium 1916
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Enlisted
1917

Death in Belgium --, Belgium 26 July 1917

Gender

Male

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