Eric Clifton ELDRIDGE

ELDRIDGE, Eric Clifton

Service Number: VX4796
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
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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)

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