ELDRIDGE, Henry Spencer
| Service Number: | N31800 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Depot Battalion |
| Born: | Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia, 16 April 1895 |
| Home Town: | Bankstown, Bankstown, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Locomotive fireman |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Cootamundra, , New South Wales, Australia, 1 September 1916, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Church of England Section |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, N31800, Depot Battalion |
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Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Henry Spencer ELDRIDGE, (Service Number N31800) was born on 16 April 1895 at Bankstown. He commenced working for the Railways as a cleaner at Eveleigh Locomotive Depot on 11 November 1913 and remained in this role until he was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 1 August 1916. In his Attestation Papers he upgraded his work role to locomotive fireman, stated that he was not married and nominated his mother living in St Peters as his next of kin. After enlistment in Sydney, Eldridge was transferred to the 1st Depot Battalion at Cootamundra for training, where he died of pneumonia on 1 September 1916.
He is buried in the Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood, Sydney.
Submitted 26 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Henry Spencer ELDRIDGE (Service Number N31800) was born on 16 April 1895 at Bankstown. He commenced working for the Railways as a cleaner at Eveleigh Locomotive Depot on 11th November 1913 and remained in this role until he was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 1st August 1916. In his Attestation Papers he upgraded his work role to locomotive fireman, stated that he was not married and nominated his mother living in St Peters as his next of kin. After enlistment in Sydney, Eldridge was transferred to the 1st Depot Battalion at Cootamundra for training, where he died of pneumonia on 1st September 1916.
He is buried in the Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood, Sydney.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board