BRIDGE, Herbert
| Service Number: | 2626 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 May 1916, Place of Enlistment, Townsville, Queensland. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Croydon, Queensland, Australia , 19 March 1896 |
| Home Town: | Townsville, Townsville, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Croydon State School, Croydon, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 15 September 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cairns Cenotaph, Chillagoe War Memorial, Croydon War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 28 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2626, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Townsville, Queensland. | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2626, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2626, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 28 Aug 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2626, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Gunshot Wound to left shoulder and chest. |
Herbert Bridge
Herbert Bridge was born in Croydon, Queensland, on the 19 March 1896 to Roland James Bridge and Kate Winifred Bardsley and one of 4 children. Ellen Alma born 1897, Roland James born 1898 died 1898 and James Roland Bardsley 1906. Roland and Kate married 25 June 1895 in Queensland.
Herbert’s father, Roland James Bridge died 1933 and his mother Kate Winifred Walsh Bardsley died 18 April 1948.
On his enlistment in Townsville Herbert Bridge was 21 years 2 months, occupation was a Stockman, next of kin his mother Mrs. K W Bridge, Koolalah Station, Normanton, North Qld., later changed to father R J Bridge, Highbury Station, Via Mungana, Qld. His height was 5 feet 4 ½ inches, weighed 8 stone 10 pounds with dark complexion, brown eyes and dark brown hair. His religion was Church of England.
Herbert was wounded in action on the 28 August 1917 with a gunshot wound to his left shoulder and left chest and admitted to No 13 General Hospital Boulogne. He died of his wounds on the 15 September 1917 and was buried in the Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne, Nord Pas de Calais, France.
Courtesy of The Cairns District Family History Society.
Submitted 20 March 2021 by Lynette Turner
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