CLARIDGE, Alexander David
| Service Number: | 6238 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 March 1916, Hamilton, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Koroit, Victoria, Australia, September 1897 |
| Home Town: | Macarthur, Moyne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 7 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6238, 14th Infantry Battalion, Hamilton, Vic. | |
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| 7 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6238, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6238, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Henry Charles CLARIDGE and the late Elizabeth Deborah CLARIDGE nee BROWN.
NOK Grandparent, Mrs F Sparrow, Clonleigh, Macarthur, Victoria
CLARIDGE. - Killed in action, at Bullecourt, April 7th, 1917, Private Alexander David Claridge, 14th Battalion, aged 19, our beloved brother and nephew.
Killed instantaneous, flashed the cables,
That was the news it had to tell,
Of the brave lad who loved us dearly.
Of the boy we loved so well.
He has sailed on the last commission
On that beautiful ship called rest;
And his head is safely pillowed
On his great Commander's breast.
R.I.P.
- Inserted by his loving brothers and sister, Louisa, Thomas and Henry Claridge, and aunt and uncle, E. and A. Huggins.
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