RIDLEY, Ernest Robert
| Service Number: | 1023 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 July 1915, An Original of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | London, England, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Seaman |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1023, 30th Infantry Battalion, An Original of A Company | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 1023, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Corporal, 1023, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Wounded in action at Fromelles, 20 July 1916 (shrapnel wound, right upper arm). Statements by witnesses said both his legs were broken as well. Taken prisoner of war; later claimed, at a debriefing statement, 20 November 1918, that the wound was not dressed for 4 days. He was transferred to Ingolstadt Camp, 24 December 1916; remained there until March 1917, when moved to Bayreuth; there until transferred to internment in Holland via Aachen, 1 June 1918. Ridley arrived in England, 18 November 1918; reported to AIF Headquarters, 20 November 1918; granted leave until 20 December 1918. Commenced return to Australia on board 'Czavita', 16 March 1919; transshipped to 'Dunluce Castle' at Alexandria, 17 April 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 15 May 1919.