John Brownen RIDDELL

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RIDDELL, John Brownen

Service Number:	444
Enlisted:	22 August 1914, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 1889
Home Town:	Summer Hill, Ashfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Pipelayer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 1 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 21, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Breakfast Point War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

22 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 444, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 444, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 444, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
4 Apr 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion
1 May 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 444, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 444 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-01

Shaun Hardy

To Whom this may concern. I have been Military collector for many years now. A little while ago a friend past on his small collection to me and in a cardboard box were some papers and some War medals. One of these medals is the 1914/1915 Star. Stamped on the back, reads, S/n 444. PTE J. B. Riddell. 4/BN AIF. It took quit a bit of researching to get to his history and actually find the recipient of this medal. There he was John Brownen Riddle. If anybody has more information about PTE J. B. Riddell s/n 444. I would love to hear from you. Kind Regards Shaun Hardy.

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John and Martha Riddell of 37 Morris Street, Summer Hill, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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