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ELDRIDGE, Eric Clifton
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Number: | VX4796 |
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Enlisted: | 30 November 1939 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Brigade HQ (2nd/AIF) |
Born: | Horsham, Victoria, 12 January 1918 |
Home Town: | Ouyen, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Germany - diptheria), Germany, 14 October 1941, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery, Krakow, Poland |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Ouyen War Memorial |
Biography contributed by John Edwards
"...VX4796 Private Eric Clifton Eldridge, Headquarters 17th Brigade, Australian Infantry. Private Eldridge, aged 23, died on 14 October 1941, as a Prisoner of War (POW), after being captured defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion. He was the son of George William and Fanny Louisa Eldridge, of Ouyen, Vic. He is buried in the Cracow Rakowicki Cemetery, Poland, Section 6,Row E, Plot 4..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)