RIDGWAY, Eric Bertram
| Service Number: | 1438 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Salters Springs, South Australia, 24 February 1896 |
| Home Town: | Cooke Plains, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Cooke Plains School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Accidental (Injuries), Egypt, 1 July 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kantara War Memorial Cemetery Row B, Grave No. 155, Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Suez Canal, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Cookes Plains WW1 List of Honour, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cooke Plains Honour Roll, Cooke Plains WW1 Soldiers Memorial Hall, Grange Public School Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1438, 9th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 1438, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 1438, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
| 1 Jul 1917: | Involvement Trooper, 1438, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1438 awm_unit: 9 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1917-07-01 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Eric Bertram Ridgway enlisted with his brother, 1439 Corporal Hugh Kelly Ridgway, 9th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 10 July 1919.
Eric was accidently wounded in the abdomen by the discharge of a mate’s rifle. His brother Hugh was sitting beside him at the time and helped dress the wound and carry him to aid. Eric died 10 days later in a Casualty Clearing Station.
His sister, Doris Alice Ridgway was a nurse in the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) and left South Australia for Western Australia during late 1918 on a train. She contracted Spanish influenza during the journey and died in a quarantine station at Woodman’s Point in Western Australia, 6 January 1919.
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