BRIDGES, James Clyde
| Service Number: | 310 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Granville, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Granville Public School, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Railways Signalman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 28 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 19, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Manly War Memorial NSW, Springwood District Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 310, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 310, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 310, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
James Clyde BRIDGES, (Service Number 310) born at Granville in 1892, was the son of James Bridges, who was station master at Merrylands for 14 years before retiring in 1914. James, the son, joined the NSWGR&T as a probationer in the Tramways in 1907 but transferred to the Railways as a gatekeeper in 1908. In 1909 he became a junior porter and was serving with his father at Merrylands in 1911 when both were called as witnesses in a court case concerning forged warrants given in exchange for railway tickets. In 1912 he was promoted to porter, and in 1914 to signalman. He was employed as a signalman at Valley Heights when in August 1914 he enlisted in the AIF at Sydney.
Embarked at Sydney in October 1914, his military records do not state when he landed at Gallipoli, but he was killed in action there on 28 April1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial.
(NAA B2455-3121322)
Submitted 11 May 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Thomas and Adeline Maria Bridges of 55 Grafton Street, Woollhra, NSW formerly of Bega', William Street, Manly, NSW. Brother of Myrtle Edith Bridges, Lillian May Bridges and Harold Victor Bridges
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the NSW School Cadets for about 2 years
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