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RIDDELL, James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 185 |
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| 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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 185, 27th Infantry Battalion, Oaklands, South Australia | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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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