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Henry Renton Nicholason BRIDGES

Regimental number497
Place of birthBrisbane Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWool presser
AddressYea, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation41
Next of kinWife, B M Bridges, Yea, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date22 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollWarrant Officer (Class II)
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 9 August 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Given name Henry Penton
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death42
Age at death from cemetery records42
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot IX, Row D, Grave No. 3), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
98
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and bessie BRIDGES; husband of Batrice BRIDGES, 30 Melrose Street, Melbourne, Victoria. Native of Brisbane

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