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BRIDGES, Roy Gilbert
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2105 |
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Enlisted: | 18 March 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Carlton, Victoria, 3 February 1895 |
Home Town: | Stansbury, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
Schooling: | Port Adelaide Public School |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 5 August 1917, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Stansbury Dalrymple District Roll of Honor, Stansbury Darymple District WW1 Pictorial Roll of Honour, Stansbury Memorial Institute Roll of Honour, Stansbury War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
18 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 2105, 16th Infantry Battalion, Keswick, South Australia | |
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23 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 2105, 16th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
23 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SN 2105, 16th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
5 Aug 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, SN 2105, 16th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres |
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Roy Gilbert BRIDGES was born in 1895 in Carlton, Victoria
His parents were Philip BRIDGES and Mary BUSBY