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RIDLEY, Maurice John
Personal Details
Service Number: | V144988 |
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Enlisted: | 20 December 1941 |
Last Rank: | Major |
Last Unit: | Signals Training Battalion |
Born: | Ingatestone, England, 1 September 1899 |
Home Town: | Newport, Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
Schooling: | Post Master General Telegraphy Qualified |
Occupation: | Broadcasting Mechanic |
Died: | Natural Causes , Repatriation General Hospital Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 14 February 1970, aged 70 years |
Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
20 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, V144988 | |
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22 Dec 1941: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, Signals Headquarters | |
22 Jan 1942: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, Signals Headquarters , AHQ Signals | |
22 Jul 1942: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, Australian Corps Headquarters | |
24 Sep 1943: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, Signals Training Battalion | |
25 Sep 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, V144988, Signals Training Battalion, Discharged 3MD Caulfield Victoria termination of appointment in the Permanent Force with substantive rank of Major |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Pam Hamilton
Served as 639 Private 11th Machine Gun Company ( ex 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion) AIF. France 1918-1919.