BRIDGELAND, Frederick Charles Lionel
| Service Numbers: | 1270, 73 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Orroroo, South Australia, 15 March 1882 |
| Home Town: | Casterton, Glenelg, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Traveller |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 1, Row I, Grave 11 Rev. G. Robertson officiated Headstone inscription reads reads: Duty nobly done, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Casterton War Memorial, Hampton RSL Gallipoli Memorial Gardens, St Kilda Boer War Memorial, St. Kilda East All Saints Anglican Church Mausoleum Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 1270, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles |
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World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 73, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Broadmeadows | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 73, 4th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 73, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 73, 4th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 73 awm_unit: 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-06 |
Boer War Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, 1270, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles |
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Birth name Charles Frederick Lionel Bridgland Book/Page 281/25
Son of George Alfred Bridgeland and Fanny Elizabeth (nee Hancey) Bridgeland; brother of Fanny Alevenah Louise Bridgeland, William Albert Bridgeland and Victoria May Bridgeland
Husband of Edith Bridgeland of Casterton, Victoria, later of 34 Thomas Street, Windsor, Victoria. Father of Victoria Grace Bridgeland later known as Victoria Grace Olle
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Boer War with the 5th Victorian Contingent, Service number 1270 and held the rank of Private. He was invalided back to Australia disembarking on the 29 January 1902
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