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DELBRIDGE, Sandford Rhodes
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2354 |
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Enlisted: | 8 June 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Rose Park, Adelaide, 17 January 1895 |
Home Town: | Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia |
Schooling: | Prince Alfred College |
Occupation: | Law Clerk/Solicitor |
Died: | Killed In Action, Peronne, France, 2 September 1918, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Peronne, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Burnside District Fallen Soldiers' Memorial - Rose Park, Adelaide Members of the Legal Profession & Students at Law WW1 Honour Board, Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide University of Adelaide WW1 Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burnside & District - Fallen Soldiers Memorial Trees - Rose Park, Glenelg Congregational Church Roll of Honor, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Kent Town Wesleyan Methodist Church WW1 Honour Roll, Rose Park Public School WW1 Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
8 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia | |
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13 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 2354, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
13 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SN 2354, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Adelaide | |
30 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, SN 2354, 27th Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne | |
Date unknown: | Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Also commemorated in West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia. Headstone inscription reads, "For God, King and Empire".
Parents: Pearce (b. 21 Mar 1863; d. 29 Apr 1933; buried. West Terrace) and Jessie Sparks (b. 07 May 1861; d. 21 Apr 1911; buried West Terrace)