BRIDGEMAN, William Morgan
| Service Number: | 2587 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 January 1913 |
| Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Rushcutter (Shore) |
| Born: | Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 28 July 1894 |
| Home Town: | Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sailor |
| Died: | Natural Causes , Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 20 December 1986, aged 92 years |
| Cemetery: |
Altona Memorial Park, Victoria Cremated 23 December 1986 Position 461 |
| Memorials: |
Non Warlike Service
| 25 Jan 1913: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 2587 |
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World War 1 Service
| 31 Dec 1914: | Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, HMAS Sydney (I) - WW1 | |
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| 21 Oct 1918: | Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, HMAS Cerberus (Shore) |
World War 2 Service
| 5 Sep 1939: | Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, HMAS Stuart (II) | |
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| 4 Feb 1941: | Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, HMAS Cerberus (Shore) | |
| 1 Jan 1943: | Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, HMAS Rushcutter (Shore) | |
| 29 Jun 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 2587 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Pam Hamilton
William Morgan Bridgeman Royal Australian Navy.
Late of 34 Ann Street Williamstown Victoria 3016.
Wife Irene Ada Bridgeman ( Dec: 1977)
AWM Files : Sound Records/Interview 1983
AB WM Bridgeman relates his early life on a farm near Castlemaine; school at Yapeen; joining the Navy in 1913; transfer from Garden Island to Papua New Guinea when war broke out; being on board HMAS Sydney as it escorted the first ANZAC troops out of Australia, and the sinking of the Emden; leave at and travel to Rabaul, Malta, West Indies and Nova Scotia; joining the British Grand Fleet at Glasgow; actions defending against German zeppelins; morale on board the HMAS Sydney, relationship with officers and the severity of the ship's Skipper; rates of pay; night patrol, Armistice and returning home.
Daughter Marrage announcement Williamstown Chronicle 1948:
The marriage of Miss Valda Jean,
only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
Bridgeman, 34 Ann St., Williamstown,
with Mr. Cyril George Lilburne, Bac
chus Marsh, wil be celebrated at St.
Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Cecil
St., today, Saturday, 7th August, 1948,
at 3 p.m.