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RIDGWELL, Herbert Roy
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1999 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Nhill, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Stawell, Northern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Ballarat Orphanage, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 18 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Pozières British Cemetery Plot III, Row S, Grave No. 30 Ballarat Orphanage Kenney Avenue of Honour, Pozieres British Cemetery Ovillers-La Boisselle, Pozieres, Picardie, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Barkly Street Uniting Church Memorial Window, Stawell War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1999, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1999, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1999, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Roy Ridgwell’s mother had passed away in 1904 and he was an old boy of the Ballarat Orphanage, though his father was living in Stawell and the recipient of his medals after his death.
On his roll of honour form filled out by his father it is said that he had “two brothers, Clarence and Frank, one wounded and the other gassed”.
5134 Pte. Clarence Ridgwell 23rd Battalion, returned to Australia May 1918 with his left leg amputated at the knee, and 5206 Pte. Frank Ridgwell 8th Battalion returned to Australia April 1918 with pleurisy.