Regimental number | 2354 |
Place of birth | Rose Park, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Law clerk |
Address | Victoria Place, Glenelg, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Father, Pearce Delbridge, Victoria Place, Glenelg, South Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 27th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/44/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 27th Battalion |
Fate | Died of disease |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row E, Grave No. 17), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 110 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated on Glenelg Congregational Church (now St Andrew's Uniting Church) Roll of Honor: 'For right. For Liberty'. Central panel listing members of the church who died is headed: 'Faithful unto death'. Commemorated in West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia. Headstone inscription reads: 'For God, King and Empire'. Parents: Pearce (b. 21 March 1863; d. 29 April 1933; bu. West Terrace) and Jessie Sparks (b. 7 May 1861; d. 21 April 1911; bu. West Terrace) DELBRIDGE, Franklin Street, Adelaide, South Australia |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |