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George Ernest DODDRIDGE

Regimental number938
Place of birthAngaston, South Australia
ReligionCongregational
AddressLindsay Park, Angaston, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, C Doddridge, Lindsay Park, Angaston, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years with the 79th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces; discharged to enlist in the AIF.
Enlistment date1 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 16 March 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date27 March 1920
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Evacuated from Gallipoli (dysentery), to Malta, 1 September 1915; to England, 14 September 1915; rejoined unit in Egypt, 10 March 1916.

Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 27 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 3 April 1916.

Wounded in action, 23 July 1916; evacuated to England, 2 August 1916; rejoined unit, 25 December 1916.

Wounded in action (second occasion), 30 May 1918; evacuated to England, 25 June 1918; right leg amputated above knee.

Commenced return to Australia on board 'Czaritza', 16 March 1919; transshipped to 'Dunluce Castle', 7 April 1919; disembarked in Australia, 13 May 1919; discharged, 27 March 1920.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death26 August 1961
Age at death66
Place of burialAngaston Cemetery, South Australia

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