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Fred William Bridle

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 77 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 77 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Fred William AWMM
  • Surname
    Bridle AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 6/2395 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 February 1889 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    6/2/1889 Public - Trevor - Other relative - 19 November 2015 - Military Personnel File
  • Place of birth
    Croydon, Surrey, England Public - Trevor - Other relative - 19 November 2015 - Military Personnel File
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM 48 Third Avenue, Kingsland, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • 48 Third Avenue, Kingsland, Auckland, New Zealand Public - Trevor - Other relative - 19 November 2015 - Military Personnel File
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Miss Emily Bridle (sister), 48 Third Avenue, Kingsland, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 June 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 6/2395 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Quarryman with the Auckland City Council Public - Trevor - Other relative - 19 November 2015 - Wages Book for Men in Service in WW1, Auckland City Council, Auckland Council Archives
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Died of disease AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • From the spring of 1915, the hospitals and convalescent depots established on the islands of Malta and Gozo dealt with over 135,000 sick and wounded, chiefly from the campaigns in Gallipoli and Salonika, although increased submarine activity in the Mediterranean meant that fewer hospital ships were sent to the island from May 1917. AWMM
    • Two of Freds three brothers all so died in World War 1.

      Both were serving with the British Army.
      They were;
      Private Walter Bridle 203432, 1st/4th Bn., Duke of Wellington's (West Riding
      Regiment) who died on 09 October 1917 Age 20.

      Private Sidney Alfred Bridle DM2/180212, Army Service Corps who died on 21
      November 1918 Age 28 Son of Mr. W. and Mrs. E. Bridle, of Croydon; husband of
      Daisy F. Bridle, of 35 Lambeth Rd., West Croydon.
      Sidney left behind three children. Public - Treovr - Other relative - 24 November 2016 - Commonwealth War Graves Commission website and family papers.
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    9 September 1915 AWMM
    Age 27 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    • Died of Disease AWMM
    • Dysentery Public - Trevor - Other relative - 19 November 2015 - Military Personel File
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
    Plot B, Row 9, Grave 5 Public - Trevor - Other relative - 19 November 2015 - Commonwealth War Graves Commission website
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
26 July 2019SelenaPorthcawl, South WalesResearcher
24 November 2016Treovr Auckland, New ZealandOther relative
23 November 2016Trevor AucklandOther relative
09 March 2016AllanRotoruaResearcher

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