James RIDDELL

RIDDELL, James

Service Number: 185
Enlisted: 18 January 1915, Oaklands, South Australia
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps
Born: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1888
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Gordon School, Huntley, Scotland
Occupation: Mason
Died: Accidental (Drowned in Canal), Egypt, 2 December 1917
Cemetery: Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Grave A. 37., Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Ismailia, Suez Canal, Egypt
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

18 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 185, 27th Infantry Battalion, Oaklands, South Australia
31 May 1915: Involvement Private, 185, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915: Embarked Private, 185, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
2 Dec 1917: Involvement Trooper, 185, 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 185 awm_unit: 1 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1917-12-02

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

1st Australian Bn. Imperial Camel Corps 

Trooper Riddell enlisted at  Adelaide, VIC

NoK Mrs Ann Riddell, 54 King St., Huntly. [Father William.]

Embarkation Papers: Age 27.

He is one of five former pupils of the Gordon Schools in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland who are remembered on the school war Memorial.

Huntly (Scottish Gaelic: Srath Bhalgaidh or Hunndaidh) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, formerly known as Milton of Strathbogie or simply Strathbogie.

Huntly has a primary school (Gordon Primary) and a secondary school (The Gordon Schools) beside Huntly Castle.

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