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John RIDDELL

Regimental number4232
Place of birthLithgow New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMiner
AddressHassans Walls Road, Lithgow, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Riddell, Hassans Walls Road, Lithgow, New South Wales
Enlistment date9 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name18th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/35/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 8 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll18th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 September 1917
Place of burialButtes Mew Brotosj Cemetery (Plot XXV, Row C, Grave No. 20), Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
87
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Georgina RIDDELL. Native of Lithgow, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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