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ELDRIDGE, William Russell

Service Number:	6999
Enlisted:	29 September 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Gambier, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Horsham, Wimmera, 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"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Loyal Mount Gambier Lodge No 47 I.O.O.F. M.U. Roll of Honor Board, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Mount Gambier Knight & Cleve Pictorial Honour Rolls

World War 1 Service

29 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6999, 6th Infantry Battalion
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 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, 6999, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres
13 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6999, 38th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6999 awm_unit: 38th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-13

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