Albert Victor RIDGE

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Service Number:	1035
Enlisted:	20 April 1915, Enlisted in Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Draughtsman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 21 November 1915
Cemetery:	Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 1V, Row F, Grave 11 Headstone inscription reads: To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph, Launceston Church Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Tasmanian Amateur Athletics Association

20 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1035, 26 Infantry Battalion AMF, Enlisted in Claremont, Tasmania
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 1035, 26th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Corporal, 1035, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane

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Son of Albert John and Eleanor Ridge of 52 Frankland Street, Launceston, Tasmania

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal