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Roland ELDRIDGE

Regimental number1945A
Place of birthSouthborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
SchoolSt Peters Elementary School
Age on arrival in Australia21
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Eldridge, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Previous military serviceServed in the Kent Volunteers
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 9 August 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1945
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll19th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 11 November 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death31
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot V, Row E, Grave No. 3), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
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