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RIDLEY, John Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | WX20074 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 24 September 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Bishop Auckland, Durham, England, 15 September 1903 |
| Home Town: | Lake Grace, Lake Grace, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Tropical Ulcers and Malaria whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Thailand, 8 November 1943, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Burial reference: - Plot 1. Row F. Grave 28. Personal Inscription: - "EVER REMEMBERED BY FATHER, MOTHER & SISTERS. HE DID HIS BEST". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX20074 | |
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| 24 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX20074, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 29 Dec 1941: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 15 Jan 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX20074, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Embarked for Singapore from Fremantle. Disembarked on 26 Jan 1942. | |
| 26 Jan 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX20074, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Malaya/Singapore | |
| 16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Died of illness Kanachanaburi Base Hospital No. 3, Thailand. | |
| 11 Nov 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX20074, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, DOD while a POW in Thailand. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - John Ridley and Martha Simpson married 1897 Shildon, Durham, England.
John Ridley arrived in Australia aboard the "Benalla” at Fremantle, Western Australia in 1926. John never married and from 1930’s to his enlistment he worked in Kulin and Lake Grace as agricultural labourer.
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