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BURRIDGE, Reginald Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2343 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 10 May 1915, Corporal 10/05/1915 - 31/05/1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Draper |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 24 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Geelong War Memorial, Geelong Shenton Methodist Church Honor Roll, Geelong Yarra Street Methodist Church Honour Roll Window, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2343, 9th Depot Battalion, Corporal 10/05/1915 - 31/05/1915 | |
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| 28 May 1915: | Transferred Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion, Reverts to Ranks on 23/10/1915 under Order 548 04/03/1915 | |
| 10 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2343, 14th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Persia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 10 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2343, 14th Infantry Battalion, RMS Persia, Melbourne | |
| 17 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Machine Gun Company, p.25 S/R | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2343, 4th Machine Gun Company, G.S.W. Right Shoulder p.26 S/R | |
| 6 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Machine Gun Company, Temporary Corporal until 12/09/1917 | |
| 24 Sep 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2343, 4th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2343 awm_unit: 4th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-24 |
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Son of Charles and Ann BURRIDGE, 29 Park Street, Northcote, Victoria. Native of Geelong, Victoria
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