ELDRIDGE, Charles Edward
| Service Number: | 862 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 December 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 7th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Nyngan, New South Wales, Australia, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Girilambone, Bogan, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | None |
| Died: | Died of wounds - shell wound to the head, At sea on board Glenart Castle, off Gallipoli, 25 September 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea Chaplain Rev. Barker officiated , Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 862, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 21 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 862, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Newcastle embarkation_ship: HMAT Kabinga embarkation_ship_number: A58 public_note: '' | |
| 21 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 862, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kabinga, Newcastle | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Trooper, 7th Light Horse Regiment, In the field | |
| 24 Sep 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 862, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shell wound to the head. Invalided to a HS Glenart Castle | |
| 25 Sep 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 862, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 862 awm_unit: 7 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-09-25 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of C.E. Eldridge of Girilambone, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Charles arrived on Gallipoli on 6 August 1915 and suffered a shell or bomb wound to the forehead on 24 September 1915. He died of his wounds at sea on board Glenart Castle, just off Gallipoli the next day. He was buried at sea by Chaplain Rev. Barker.
His brother, 1527 Pte Joseph Cyrus Eldridge 3rd Battalion AIF, had died of wounds of Gallipoli wounds in England on 3 June 1915, three months prior.
Their mother had passed away during 1913 and their father received their medals and entitlements.
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