Regimental number | 3689 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Edwardstown, South Australia |
School | Pulteney Street Grammar School, Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Law student |
Address | Grange, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, H A Hambidge, Beach Road, Grange, South Australia |
Previous military service | 77th Infantry; Served in the Citizens Military Forces |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 46th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/63/5 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Prolific writer in prose and verse to daily press and Bulletin (Sydney). Author of poems entitled "Medley Songs, (Publishers G Hassell & Co. Adelaide), and also wrote words of "When the Khaker Boys came Home" (Song). |
Fate | No details of fate entered on Nominal Roll |
Place of death or wounding | Amiens, France |
Age at death | 21 |
Place of burial | Longueau British Cemetery (Plot III, Row A, Grave No. 12), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 141 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Henry and Elizabeth HAMBRIDGE, Harvey Street, Woodville Park, Kilkenny, South Australia. Native of Adelaide. Commemorated in Mitcham Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia. |
Family/military connections | Uncle: Bombardier Edward John WYLY, killed in action, France, 16 August 1918. |
Other details | War service: France, Belgium |