Albert James Kidd

Parents:

• Birth: Albert James Kidd was born on 7 July 1893 at Brunnerton, Buller, New Zealand.¹
• Birth*: He was born in 1894 at Brunnerton, New Zealand, .²
• He was the son of William Kidd and Ann McQueen Alexander.
• (Deceased) Death*: Albert James Kidd died in 1962 at Tinwald, New Zealand, .²
• Death: He died on 26 May 1962 at Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand; His next of kin was Mrs George, Granity, Buller.^3,1

• Occupation: Albert was labourer at Taupiri (coal)mines (Huntly, Waikato.)^3,1
• Event-Misc: Albert James Kidd was Unknown GEDCOM tag: _HEIG 5', 10½.^3,1'
• Event-Misc: Albert James Kidd was Unknown GEDCOM tag: _MILTID 1st Coy, 2nd Battalion Canterbury Regiment, # 13/2830 ((private.)^3,1
• Religion: He was Anglican (Church of England.)^3,1
• Name-Variation: Albert James Kidd was also known as Pup.¹
• (Officiating Clergy) Marriage: He officiated at the marriage of Edward Henry Gear blacksmith and Margaret Guthrie Kidd on Tuesday, 10 August 1909 at residence of William Kidd, Millerton, Buller, New Zealand; Henry was a 22 year-old bachelor & blacksmith born in Westport and residing in Millerton. Margaret was an 18 year-old spinster with no listed profession, born in Brunnerton and residing in Millerton. Married by certificate. Both signed their names. Marriage witnesses: James BROWN (storekeeper at Millerton), Myrtle KENNEDY (domestic duties) & William KIDD (Margaret’s father).^4,1,2
  

  

  August 9th 1909, Millerton, New Zealand. Wedding of Margaret Guthrie Kidd and Edward Henry Gear.
  Wedding party L-R : William Esau Kidd (with unknown best man seated in front), Isabella Kidd aged 20, Margaret Guthrie Kidd, bride aged 18, Edward Henry Gear, groom aged 22, Elizabeth Ann McQueen Kidd aged 11, Ann McQueen Kidd, mother of the bride aged 42, on her knee Fred Fox aged 2, Frances Fox nee Kidd aged 22, Margaret Guthrie Broadfoot, sister of the mother of the bride aged 39, Thomas Alexander aged 84, Jack Broadfoot holding his son Johnny, Thomas Alexander Kidd aged 21, Albert Kidd aged 15 seated on ground. Unfortunately the father of the bride, William Kidd, was standing at the extreme left hand side, but the photographer had his thumb over the lens and William Kidd was blotted out!
• Event-Misc: Albert James Kidd was Pup enlisted on 13 October 1915 at Trentham, Upper HuttWellington,aged22 years. He was recorded as 5', 10½' tall, with adarkcomplexion,black hair and blue-grey eyes. His last residence wasStKilda House,Queen Street, Auckland. His next of kin was hisbrotherThomas KIDD,of Blackball.
  Pup was at Tel-al Kebir in Egypt in May 1916. DuringtheGallipolilandings and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of theFirstWorld War,Tel-al Kebir was a training centre for the FirstAustralianImperialForce Reinforcements, No 2 Australian stationaryhospital, andalso asite of a large prisoner of war camp. Some 40,000Australianscampedin a small tent city at Tel-al Kebir of six miles inlength.Amilitary railway was eventually constructed to take troopsfromthecamp to their vessels in Alexandria and elsewhere forembarkationtoGallipoli landings. The Tel-al Kebir village wasdescribed byanAustralian soldier in 1916 as a very dirty little placewith afewdirty shops in it.
  Pup is recorded as being wounded in France on 14 November1916.It'ssaid he was very badly injured at Gallipoli (Turkey) in theBattleofthe Dardenelles.
  He served a total of 1 year 237 days, of which 1 year 77 dayswasservedoverseas. He was discharged on 6 June 1917, being unfitforservice onaccount of wounds received in action.
  
  Pup's nephew Frederick ('Snowy') FOX remembered seeing hisuncleleavingto go to war.
  His niece Dardenella ('Della') GEAR was named after the BattleoftheDardenelles when born in 1915. between 1916 and 1917 at Tel-al Kebir, Egypt (1916); Etaples, France (1916).^3,1

Notes

• Reference LGB: Reference: 216.¹