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BRIDGER, Horace
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1143 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 January 1916, Enlisted, Wangaratta, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Plaister, London, England, United Kingdom, November 1897 |
| Home Town: | Myrrhee, Wangaratta, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | 21 December 1917, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Myrrhee HB1, Myrrhee State School Pictorial HB, Oxley War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1143, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted, Wangaratta, Victoria | |
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| 3 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 1143, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 1143, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 17 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 37th Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Dec 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, 1143, 37th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, GSW thigh and SW leg | |
| 3 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 37th Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1143, 37th Infantry Battalion, Discharged medically unfit due to sickness. Blown up by shell - no bodily injury but headaches, giddyness and shakes - shell shock (Weymouth, UK, 26/8/1917) Bullecourt? |
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