Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Ballarat, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farmer |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Mrs W E Tunbridge, 'Clarsus', Sturt Street, Ballarat, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 9th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/14/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A26 Armadale on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Captain |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 8007 Sergeant Daryl Ballantyne TUNBRIDGE, Australian Flying Corps, returned to Australia, 22 March 1919; 7598 Gunner Geoffrey Ballantyne TUNBRIDGE, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, killed in action, 14 March 1918. |
Other details | War service: left Suez to return to Australia, 28 January 1916. Returned to duty, 3rd Military District. 25 March 1916. Re-embarked from Melbourne, 11 July 1916. On command at Royal Flying Corps School of Military Aeronautics, 5 December 1916. Posted to 68th Squadron, 26 April 1917; to 44th Squadron, 11 May 1917. On command at course of instruction, School of Aerial Gunnery, 7 May 1917. Posted to 66th Squadron, RFC, 13 July 1917; to 2nd AD RFC, 10 September 1917. Transferred to H. Establishment, 22 September 1917; to 71st Squadron, 28 September 1917; to 5th Training Squadron, 20 June 1918. Marched out to No. 1 School, Special Flying, Gosport, 11 August 1918; to AFC Depot, 14 October 1918, |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 75 |