Topic: AIF - 1B - 3 LHR
3rd LHR, AIF
3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Gordon Silas Fidler
Gordon Silas Fidler
Service number: 97
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 19 August 1916
Cause of death: Died of wounds
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 9 Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: FIDLER, Tpr. Gordon Silas, 97. 3rd Australian Light Horse. Died of wounds 19th Aug., 1916. Age 21. Son of George and Sarah Ann Fidler, of Bordertown, South Australia. F. 137.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Gordon Silas Fidler from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 97 |
| Other training | Nil |
| Religion | Congregational |
| Occupation | Farm labourer |
| Address | Bordertown, South Australia |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 20 |
| Next of kin | Mrs. Fidler, Bordertown, South Australia |
| Enlistment date | 22 August 1914 |
| Rank on enlistment | Driver |
| Unit name | 3rd Light Horse Regiment, AIF, A Squadron |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/8/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 20 October 1914 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Light Horse Regiment, AIF |
| Fate | Died of wounds 19 August 1916 |
| Place of death or wounding | Abbassia, Egypt |
| Age at death | 21.11 |
| Place of burial | Cairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row F, Grave No. 137), Egypt |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 3 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: George and Sarah Ann FIDLER, Bordertown, South Australia |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 3rd LHR, Roll of Honour, Gordon Silas Fidler
