Guy Clive Bridgeman
Born 5 Nov 1893 - Died 14 Nov 1918
- Service number
- WWI 9/15 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Guy Clive AWMM
- Surname
- Bridgeman AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 9/15 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 5 Nov 1893 Military Personnel File
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Kaitoe Station, Waikouaiti, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mr F.O. Bridgeman (father), C/o Neil and Co., Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Messines AWMM
- 1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 9/15 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Military Cross (MC) AWMM
MC. London Gazette, 1 January 1918, p53, Rec No 1248: February 26th to September 20th 1917. An exceptionally plucky young officer. He has done very good work as Forward Observation Officer at different times. He was F.O.O for his battery at Messines and established an Oservation Post well forward when the infantry reached their final objective. During a counter attack the enemy put down a barrage which wounded one of his two telephonists, and, under fire, 2nd Lieutenant Bridgeman dressed the mans wounds and carried him back to a dressing station. AWMM - Victory Medal AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Military Cross (MC) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 5 or HMNZT 9 AWMM Vessel was Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM Otago Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Wounded at Gallipoli AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Twice wounded AWMM - Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of broncho pneumonia following influenza AWMM
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Frederick Orlando and Florence Letitia Bridgeman, of Dunedin.
He served as Trooper at Gallipoli and in Egypt; he gained his Commission on the Western Front. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 14 Nov 1918 AWMM
Age 26 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of Disease AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Featherston Cemetery, Western Lake Road, Featherston, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM Plot 668 AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Featherston Cemetery Memorial, Featherston, New Zealand AWMM
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7879605
Further Reference - Deaths of Soldiers. Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 121, 18 November 1918, Page 4
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19181118.2.22&srpos
Further Reference - Personal. Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 14926, 23 November 1918, Page 4
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TC19181123.2.20&srpos
Further Reference - Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Featherston Cemetery War Memorial.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/featherston-cemetery-war-memorial
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643420/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643420
Further Reference - "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
http://web.archive.org/web/20220331095731/https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Documents/Provisional-list-NZ-victims-of-1918-Flu-Pandemic-Ancestry.pdf
Sources Used
- Military personnel file
- References
- McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 76 - Hedley, W. (c1990). Empire and desire : Gallipoli 1915 : a National Library exhibition marking the 75th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign. Wellington, N.Z.: National Library of New Zealand.
Empire and desire : Gallipoli 1915, p.[17]. Includes photograph from the Alexander Turnbull Library. - Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 1: Includes portrait - Information kindly provided by family
- "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
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