Richard Arthur ALDRIDGE

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ALDRIDGE, Richard Arthur

Service Number:	1381
Enlisted:	29 September 1914
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	301st Company Mechancial Transport
Born:	Horsham, Sussex, England, 26 December 1880
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cook
Died:	Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, 21 January 1938, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Tallangatta Cemetery
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World War 1 Service

29 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1381, 301st Company Mechancial Transport
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement 1381, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked 1381, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
18 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 1381, 1st AAH Medically Unfit
20 May 1920:	Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 1381, Per HT Kigoma

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Driver Richard Arthur Aldridge (Service No:1381) enlisted on 29 September 1914 in the AIF and embarked from Melbourne on 22 December 1914 on board HMAT A40 Ceramic. Driver Aldridge served with 301 Mechanical Transport and 1st Anzac troops Supply Column in France. He was Discharged as Medically Unfit in England on 18 March 1919 and embarked for the RTA on 20 May 1920 on board HT Kigoma.

Born in 1880 in Sussex England, Richard was the fourth of twelve children of Robert Henry Aldridge (b1859 in Sussex, England) and Mary Jane Humphrey (b1858 in Sussex, England). Robert (a Carpenter) and Mary married in 1875 in Sussex where they settled and raised their family and Robert worked as a Carpenter.

Richard had served in the Royal Navy before arriving in Sydney NSW where he was working as a Cook when he enlisted in the AIF in 1914. In 1915 in Nottinghamshire, England he married Annie Cope (b1895 in Nottinghamshire, England) - Annie was a Silk Patternmaker in a Lace Warehouse. Richard and Annie settled in Melbourne, Victoria where Richard worked as a Chauffeur before moving to Wanagaratta where he was a Chef. Richard died in 1938 and Annie in 1988.

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