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ELDRIDGE, Leslie
| Service Number: | 5419 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 March 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Thebarton, South Australia, January 1891 |
| Home Town: | Thebarton (Southwark), City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Circumstances of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5419, 27th Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 28 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5419, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5419, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
| 11 Jan 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5419, 27th Infantry Battalion, GSW right leg | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5419, 27th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, GSW left thigh (fractured femur) | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 5419 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide High School
Leslie Eldridge was a South Australian soldier who fought in the Great War. He was part of the 27th Battalion. He was 25 years and 2 months of age when he embarked.
Eldridge lived on 6 Beans Road, Thebarton, SA. His mother was Margaret Eldridge and their family were of Roman Catholic faith.
Eldrdge disembarked on the 22nd of May in 1918, due to being medically unfit. From official documents, it was discovered that Eldridge had suffered gunshot wounds, in action on 11 January 1917. He was wounded for the second time at the Battle of the Menin Road on 20 September 1917, this time in the left thigh. This resulted in a fractured femur and caused him to be sent home in 1918.