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Personal data

• Name BURRIDGE
• Initials WJ
• First name WILLIAM JOHN
• Place of birth Armadale
• Country Victoria, Australia
• Last residence Armadale
• Family Son of Thomas and Eliza Burridge. One brother, Charles (1899); one sister Myrtle; Husband of W. Jean Burridge, of 56, Church St., Abbotsford, Melbourne, Victoria.
• Profession Seedsman

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 31 January 1916, Prahran, Victoria
• Service number 15012
• Rank Gunner
• Medals 1914/15 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 4th Brigade Australian Field Artillery 12 Battery
• Army - Corps - Division 2nd Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked Melbourne 4 May 1916; to France 4 April 1917

Death

• Wounded 1 November
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds in n°10 CCS
• Date of death 3 November 1917
• Died at the age of 25
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXI - HH - 16

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