Regimental number | 938 |
Place of birth | Angaston, South Australia |
Religion | Congregational |
Address | Lindsay Park, Angaston, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Father, C Doddridge, Lindsay Park, Angaston, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served for 2 years with the 79th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces; discharged to enlist in the AIF. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 10th Battalion, D Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/27/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
Discharge date | |
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 death | |
Age at death | 66 |
Place of burial | Angaston Cemetery, South Australia |