Victor (Vic) BRIDGER

BRIDGER, Victor

Service Number: 661
Enlisted: 31 August 1914, Kensington
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion
Born: Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 7 November 1892
Home Town: Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Natural causes, Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia, 22 July 1960, aged 67 years
Cemetery: Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
Cremated
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World War 1 Service

31 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 661, 1st Infantry Battalion, Kensington
18 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 661, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 661, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 661, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
29 Apr 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 661, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW groin
17 Nov 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Infantry Battalion
13 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 661, 1st Infantry Battalion, Shell concussion
3 Dec 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 661, 1st Infantry Battalion, HT Port Hacking, England for return to Australia (1914 leave) - disembarking Melbourne 27 January 1919 then by train to Sydney arriving 28 January 1919.
29 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 661, 1st Infantry Battalion

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