Major Herbert Somerset (Boy) Vidgen
The name Herbert Somerset Vidgen is not the first name listed on the monument.
The monument is in Heritage cemetery, Somerset Bay, Queensland, Australia.
There are 6 other graves within this cemetery that are listed within the GPR database.
Herbert Somerset Vidgen was buried in 1973. The actual date of death is not currently recorded on the GPR database but it may be on the grave monument photograph.
Herbert Somerset Vidgen is listed on the GPR grave numbered 899521.
Herbert Somerset Vidgen is listed as the brother of Gordon Vidgen on the grave monument.
Herbert Somerset Vidgen has the record number 1846764 within the GPR person name database table.
The record was added to the GPR on 30 August 2021
There are 4 images available for the monument listing Herbert Somerset Vidgen (see grave detail page).
The follow note is stored against Herbert Somerset Vidgen record:
Boy's ashes were laid to rest along side of his brother Cholmondeley Gordon Vidgen….by members of the Torres Strait Pilot Services. Prime Minister Joseph Lyons congralulated Boy for yhe construction of the first Landing ground at Fly Point , Somerset , Cape York noting I would like you to know that your work is highly appreciated by the Commonwealth 9th April 1932.