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BRIDGEMAN, Ian Leslie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX14445 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 7 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 2 |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Colac, Victoria, Australia, 28 May 1916 |
| Home Town: | Colac, Colac-Otway, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Music Teacher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Greece, 28 April 1941, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece Face 10, Athens Memorial, Athens, Greece |
| Memorials: | Alvie Consolidated School Memorial Plaque, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Colac Dreeite South WW2 Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, VX14445 | |
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| 7 May 1940: | Enlisted Warrant Officer Class 2, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia | |
| 7 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, VX14445 |
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28 April 1941 - Eye witness saw him in a village near a beach known as T Beach about 6 miles from Naupion, Greece awaiting to embark
22 August 1941 - Another witness said they had seen him shot in the head during hand to hand fighting near T Beach and that he had helped bury Bridgeman