WOODBRIDGE, George William
| Service Numbers: | 53521, NX100095 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 August 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements |
| Born: | Mosman, New South Wales, Australia, 6 August 1899 |
| Home Town: | Watsons Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Technical High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Articled Clerk |
| Died: | unknown, Moruya, New South Wales, Australia, 28 February 1968, aged 68 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Sydney Technical High School WW1 Roll Of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 53521, 1st Machine Gun Battalion | |
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| 8 May 1918: | Involvement Private, 53521, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 8 May 1918: | Embarked Private, 53521, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, RMS Osterley, Sydney |
World War 2 Service
| 29 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, NX100095 |
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George William Woodbridge was born on the 6th of August 1899 in Mosman (1). Due to the Christian faith of his parents, Ellen and Frederick Woodbridge (6), George William Woodbridge was baptised at St Clement's Church in Mosman on the 3rd of September, 1899 (7). Woodbridge enrolled in Sydney Technical High School (8) in 1912, making many friends, doing well in school and living in his hometown, Watsons Bay (9). On the 5th August 1917, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (10). George was ready for training and combat at just 17 years of age (12).
On the 2nd of March 1918, (13) 5 machine gun battalions were formed with George being a part of the 1st Machine Gun Battalion (14). George and his newly formed unit would train until the 8th of May 1918 where they embarked from Australia to France on the RMS Osterley (15). Once he arrived in England, George completed more training at Codford. He proceeded overseas to France 29th October 1918 only days before the armistice.
George William Woodbridge returned from France to England on the 6th of July 1919 (24) on board the H.T. Boonara and disembarked 26th August 1919
Woodbridge lived the remainder of his life in Sydney after getting married to his wife, Mary B Johnston in 1924 (27). George worked as an advisor for a major gas industry company, “The Australian Gas Light Co. (28)” George William Woodbridge passed away on the 28th of February in Moruya, New South Wales due to an unknown cause.
Bibliography
George William Woodbridge, Research on Google Drive
https://app.memories.net/memorials/georgewilliam-woodbridge-76079
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E84296
https://www.collaborativecollections.org/WorldWarOne/14th_Training_Battalion%2C_Australian_Imperial_Force_%28AIF%29
https://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=https://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll%3Fviewrecord%3D1%26r%3D5544%26db%3DSydneyParish%26indiv%3Dtry%26h%3D150128165&ust=1757348280000000&usg=AOvVaw1DtV4dSpy0cG7_mGyGqvWM&hl=en
https://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=https://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll%3Fviewrecord%3D1%26r%3D5544%26db%3DAusMarrIndex%26indiv%3Dtry%26h%3D2571262&ust=1757348280000000&usg=AOvVaw3wItuEdzydv2ZLu5xJibYu&hl=en
https://vwma.org.au/explore/units/427
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Machine_Gun_Battalion_(Australia)
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1: VWM
2: Wikipedia
3: Wikipedia
4: Google Drive
5: Google Drive
6: Ancestors
7: AWM
8: Google Drive
9: VMW
10: NAA scans
11: Memories
12: VWM
13: Wikipedia
14: Wikipedia
15: NAA scans
16: Memories
17: Wikipedia
18: Wikipedia
19: Memories
20: NAA scans
21: Memories
22: Wikipedia, NAA scans
23: Memories
24: NAA scans
25: NAA scans
26: NAA scans
27: Google Drive
28: Google Drive
29: AWM
30: NSW AIF
31: Memories