George Russell HAMBRIDGE

Regimental number3689
Date of birth5 August 1897
Place of birthEdwardstown, South Australia
SchoolPulteney Street Grammar School, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLaw student
AddressGrange, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, H A Hambidge, Beach Road, Grange, South Australia
Previous military service77th Infantry; Served in the Citizens Military Forces
Enlistment date15 May 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name46th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/63/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 28 February 1918
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularProlific 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).
FateNo details of fate entered on Nominal Roll
Place of death or woundingAmiens, France
Age at death21
Place of burialLongueau 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 connectionsUncle: Bombardier Edward John WYLY, killed in action, France, 16 August 1918.
Other detailsWar service: France, Belgium