BUDGE, Albert Gordon
| Service Number: | 603 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 December 1914, Enlisted at Ararat, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Mobile Veterinary Section |
| Born: | St Arnaud, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Anaemia and Cardiac failure due to war service, Victoria, Australia, 22 March 1921 |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Church of England Section, Row H, Grave 647 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 603, 1st Veterinary Section, Enlisted at Ararat, Victoria | |
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| 18 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 603, 1st Veterinary Section, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 603, 1st Veterinary Section, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne | |
| 1 Jun 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Mobile Veterinary Section | |
| 4 May 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 603, Discharged at the 3rd Military District | |
| 22 Mar 1921: | Involvement Private, 603, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 603 awm_unit: 9th Australian Mobile Veterinary Section awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1921-03-22 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Also known as Albert Gordon Bridge. Other service number 957
Son of Annie Budge of West Brunswick, Victoria formerly of St Arnaud, Victoria. He had 4 brothers and 3 sisters. Father died in 1913
26 January 1918 - Court of Enquiry that he had used the name of A.G. Dale. Reason unknowm
24 March 1918 - signed a Statuary Declaration the he had enlisted as Albert Gordon Bridge
He was known to have suffered from several bouts of Malaria
15 March 1919 - returned to Australia on board H.T. Euripidies for discharge due to Malaria
Death was accepted as being due to war causes
Also served 2 years with the Rangers
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From How We Served
The final resting place for; - 603 Trooper Albert Gordon Budge (aka Albert Gordon Bridge & aka Albert Dale) of St Arnaud and West Brunswick, Victoria had been employed as a barman and laborer prior to his enlisting under an assumed name on the 3rd of November 1914.
Albert was accepted for War Service and was embarked for Egypt and further training with reinforcements for the Australian Army Veterinary Corps, 1st AIF. Albert arrived in Egypt in February 1915, and by the following year, after his arrival, he was shipped to England due to illness, and would be hospitalized after which he remained as a convalescence.
Having recovered Albert was returned to Egypt, where he arrived back in Moascar in February 1917, spending time attached to the AIF Canteen Service, before being sent to the Australian Army Veterinary Corps Training Camp.
Detailed to the 39th Mobile Veterinary Section, and later cited as serving with the 9th Mobile Veterinary Section, Albert’s service would be continuous in support of the desert campaign against the Turkish Forces.
Albert suffered from reoccurring bouts of malaria and dysentery, with the first onset occurring in early 1917 whilst serving in Palestine. Aside this Albert as well would be away from his Unit due to matters dealing with Military Law, following which he would be returned to his Unit for further service.
Following the end of hostilities, and after suffering another relapse of malaria, Albert was embarked for his return to Australia from Egypt as an invalid on the 15th of March 1919, safely arriving back in Melbourne on the 25th of April 1919 (ANZAC Day).
From the time of his return from overseas service, Albert would require ongoing treatment for the effects of malaria, causing him to be hospitalized under the care of the 5th Australian General Hospital (Melbourne).
Albert received his official discharge from the 1st AIF on the 4th of May 1920. Further in need of medical treatment owing to his War Service, Albert’s death occurred on the 22nd of March 1921 due to cardiac failure, which was attributed to his declining health caused by multiple relapses of malaria. He had been aged 30 at the time of his death.
Following his premature passing Trooper Albert Budge, a veteran of the ‘Great War’, was laid to rest within Fawkner General Cemetery, Victoria.
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