BRIDGE, Henry
| Service Number: | 504 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 September 1916, Place of Enlistment, Melbourne, Victoria. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Chelsea, Greater London, England , 3 March 1891 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Footman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 18 July 1918, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Crucifix Corner Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 504, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Place of Enlistment, Melbourne, Victoria. | |
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| 16 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 504, 6th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 504, 6th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
| 18 Jul 1918: | Involvement Private, 504, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 504 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-07-18 |
Private Henry Bridge
Private (Pte) Henry Bridge, 6th Machine Gun Company. A native of Chelsea, England, Pte Bridge of Malvern, Victoria, was employed as a footman to the Governor of Victoria, Sir Arthur Stanley prior to enlistment on 29 September 1916. He embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Medic on 16 December 1916 for Plymouth, England. Pte Bridge joined his unit in France on 14 May 1917. He was hospitalised in France and England with trench fever and influenza for a period of two and a half months before rejoining his unit on 14 May 1918. Pte Bridge was killed in action on 18 July 1918 and is buried in the Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux. He was aged 27 years.
Courtesy of The Australian War Memorial, From Studio Portrait Assession Number H15537
Submitted 21 March 2021 by Lynette Turner
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