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Eric Sydney ASTRIDGE

Regimental number2
Date of birth2 June 1892
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationAccountant
AddressBexley, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, F W Astridge, Bexley, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date28 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit nameLight Horse Brigade 4, Ammunition Reserve
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/110/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A44 Vestalia on 22 June 1915
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Flying Corps
FateReturned to Australia 9 March 1919
Other detailsRe-enlisted into the Army in 1939 (WW2), and then transferred to the RAAF. No. 260884 - discharged 31 October 1945
Date of death20 June 1965
Age at death73
Place of burialWoronora Crematorium, Sutherland, New South Wales. Ashes in the Servicemens Wall of Remembrance

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