Henry Alfred BRIDSON

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BRIDSON, Henry Alfred

Service Number:	11916
Enlisted:	23 September 1915
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	9th Field Ambulance
Born:	Germanton, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bank clerk
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 20 August 1975, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
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World War 1 Service

23 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 11916, 9th Field Ambulance
11 May 1916:	Involvement Driver, 11916, 9th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
11 May 1916:	Embarked Driver, 11916, 9th Field Ambulance, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Henry Bridson, known as ‘Harry’ was one of three sons of Hugh Ridgway Bridson and Minnie Bridson, of Manly, NSW, who enlisted and fought overseas during WW1. Harry was the only survivor, being sent home in 1918 for ‘family reasons’ after the death of his two brothers. Harry’s father and brothers were also all involved in banking and accounting.

The Narrandera Argus reported in September 1919,

“Driver Harry Bridson, son of Mrs. H. R. Bridson, of 82 Darley Road, Manly, who recently returned after three years' active service in France, and who was a teller in the Cremorne Branch of the Australian Bank of Commerce, has joined the Experimental College (Agricultural Branch) at Yanco, where he intends to make his home.

Driver Bridson is the only survivor of three brothers who enlisted the other two having made the supreme sacrifice in the service of the Empire. One brother, Gunner Hugh Ridgway Bridson, was well known in Narrandera, having been teller and accountant at the Narrandera Branch of the Australian Bank of Commerce, and after some years active service, was killed in action on the Somme on 7th June, 1918. Another brother, James, was also killed in action in France on April 8th 1917.

Harry has returned after three years of active service and has decided to make a home on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area. The boys come of a fighting stock, being nephews of Admiral Sir Joseph Ridgwav Bridson of the British Navy. Admiral Bridson was in Australia in 1907 as Captain of H.M.S "Challenger," and expects to visit Australia early next year.

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