Nevil Suva Willoughby RIDGWAY

RIDGWAY, Nevil Suva Willoughby

Service Numbers: NX44844, N272712
Enlisted: 26 June 1941, 106 Reserve Motor Transport Coy
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
Born: Suva, Fiji, 22 February 1910
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Rubber Worker / Driver Mechanic
Died: Illness, New Guinea, 9 October 1943, aged 33 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
Plot C, Row B, Grave A
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX44844
26 Jun 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N272712, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), 106 Reserve Motor Transport Coy
14 Sep 1941: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N272712, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), 106 Reserve Motor Transport Coy
15 Sep 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX44844, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
9 Oct 1943: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX44844, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), 2/153 General Transport Coy

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Nevil Suva RIDGWAY was born in Suva, Fiji on 22nd February, 1910

His parents were Charles Willoughby RIDGWAY & Rebecca Bessie DURHAM who married in Picton NSW in 1897

He married Alice Amelia THOMAS in Sydney in 1931