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ELDRIDGE, William Russell
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6999 |
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Enlisted: | 29 September 1916 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Mount Gambier, date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Horsham, Horsham, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in action, Passchendaele, West Vlanarden Belgium, 13 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial, Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)*, Mount Gambier PHR 1 RSL Pictorial Honour Roll* |
Service History
World War 1 Service
29 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 6999, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
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23 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SN 6999, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
30 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 6999, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres | |
13 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 6999, 38th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele |
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