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Surname: IDESON
Forename(s): Maurice
Place of Birth: Ilkley, Yorkshire
Service No: 3858
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Australian Infantry
Battalion / Unit: 51st Battalion
Division: 4th Australian Division
Age: 26
Date of Death: 1916-09-03
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: ILKLEY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Maurice Ideson (born 1 February 1890) was the son of John Henry and Mary Ideson, née Lister and brother of T/2nd Lieutenant Joseph Henry Ideson (q.v.). Their father was born at Halton East and mother at Ilkley, Yorkshire.
1891 Ilkley, Yorkshire Census: Westwood Farm - Morris Ideson, aged 1 year, born Ilkley. [Maurice and his parents, John Henry and Mary, were living with her mother, Ann E. Lister, widow.]
1901 Ilkley, Yorkshire Census: White House - Morris Ideson, aged 11 years, born Ilkley, son of John Henry and Mary Ideson.
Maurice was married, in Australia, to Ethel Oddy.
The image of the cap badge also shows the colour patch of the battalion.
Australian service records: www.naa.gov.au › The collection › Popular research topics › Defence › Service records
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Australian Infantry
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 4th Australian Division
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23 March 1917
ILKLEY – DEAD AIRMAN HONOURED
The remains of Lieut. J. H. Ideson, of the Royal Flying Corps., who was accidentally killed while flying in England, were interred with military honours at the Ilkley Cemetery on Saturday afternoon. Prior to interment there was a service at St. Margaret’s Church, conducted by the Rev. H. J. Glennie, vicar. The choir was in attendance, and Lieut. H. M. Dalton was at the organ; the large congregation including most of the representatives of families belonging to the Ilkley district who have suffered bereavement owing to the war.
Lieut. Ideson’s elder brother, Private Maurice Ideson, of the Australian Imperial Force, was killed in action last September. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ideson, the dead officer’s father and mother, and Mrs. Maurice Ideson, were the principal mourners, and the military present included Lieut. A. B. Raymond and Lieut. H. Dewhurst, of the Royal Flying Corps, Dartford, sixty of the wounded soldiers from the Ilkley Military Hospital, under Sergeant Cartwright, and a firing party belonging to the York and Lancaster Regiment from the Pontefract Depot, under the command of Captain F. Ibettson.
There were many wreaths, including one from the officers and another from the men of Lieut. Ideson’s squadron. One sent by relatives was beautifully designed to represent an aeroplane propeller.
A very large crowd assembled at the cemetery, and three volleys were fired over the grave, and the ‘Last Post’ sounded by two buglers.
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