FIDLER, Donald Joseph

1915 - 1942  (26 years)

• Name	FIDLER, Donald Joseph  [1]
  Birth	7 Sep 1915	Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Jul 1942	Papua New Guinea
  Person ID	I24959	Stark Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	FIDLER, Matthew,   b. 1886, Hotham, Victoria, Australia d. 26 Apr 1949, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	SUTHERLAND, Irene Stitchell,   b. 20 Aug 1887, Drysdale, Victoria, Australia d. 28 Mar 1952, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1915	Victoria, Australia
  Married	Victoria, Australia   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F9001	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BELL, Marion May,   b. 1916, Victoria, Australia d. 25 Oct 2012, Victoria, Australia (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	1941	Victoria, Australia
  Family ID	F9022	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 1941 - Victoria, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Leslie Russell c1962-63 , Dunfermline, Scotland
  		Corporal Donald Joseph FIDLER - Burial

  
  

• Notes

  Died while PoW in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. His service number was V72217 and he was a Corporal.

  
  

• Sources

  [S409] Ancestry.com, Australia, World War II Military Service Records, 1939-1945, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), National Archives of Australia; Canberra, Australia; Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947; Series: B883. [S1170] Ancestry.com, Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1962, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2018;), The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Marriage Records. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history [S1170] Ancestry.com, Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1962, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2018;).