Place of birth | Albert Park Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Civil engineer |
Address | 'The Manse', Bulla, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 28 |
Next of kin | Father, William Ride, 'The Manse', Bulla PO, Bulla, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 6 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 14/14/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Medals |
Military Medal On 16th April this Officer was detached to take out a party of N.C.Os. to tape out at dusk a line of trenches to be dug by the Battalion after dark the same evening, across the valley just north of BUIRE. The enemy heavily and consistently shelled the locality, and rendered the task of taping the line exceedingly difficult and dangerous. Knowing that the Battalion would be moving up and that the night's programme could not otherwise be carried out, Lt. Ride stuck to the task and so animated the party with his spirit and resolution that the line was completely laid out, though one of the party was killed and another had his clothes badly torn by shell fire.' (Undated, but between 8-20 April 1918). Second recommendation, dated 25 September 1918, reads: 'When the Division came down to the Somme early in April and did a lot of forward trench digging for the defence of Amiens, Lieutenant Ride did the work of taping out the tasks during daylight and marking out the sectors to which he led the companies after dark. Though frequently subjected to machine gun fire and at times barrage artillery fire, he never failed to complete the task up to time, so that the Battalion never failed to do the task alloted. He has been a consistently reliable and gallant officer throught he last six months.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 61 Date: |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: Military Cross, British War Medal, Victory Medal |