George Richardson PALTRIDGE

Badge Number: 6318, Sub Branch: lobethal
6318

PALTRIDGE, George Richardson

Service Numbers: 28, 2421
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 10th Infantry Battalion
Born: Mount Barker, South Australia , 12 December 1881
Home Town: Mount Barker, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Boundary rider
Died: Circumstances of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Derrick Garden of Remembrance
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board, Hahndorf South African Honour Roll, Mount Barker Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Roll of Honor
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 28, 1st South Australian Mounted Rifles

World War 1 Service

23 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 2421, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
23 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 2421, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Sergeant, 2421
Date unknown: Wounded 2421

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Biography

Previously served with B Battery, Garrison Artillery, South Australia

Served with 1st South Australian Mounted Rifles during Boer War 

Enlisted AIF, March 1915, served with 10th Battalion, promoted Sergeant, transferred to Camel Corps 1916. Wounded and captured by Turks at Gaza 19 April 1917, repatriated from Turkey after the war.  nded and captured by Turks at Gaza 19 April 1917, repatriated from Turkey after the war. 

Biography

Previously served with B Battery, Garrison Artillery, South Australia

Enlisted AIF, March 1915, served with 10th Battalion, promoted Sergeant, transferred to Camel Corps 1916.

Wounded and captured by Turks at Gaza 19 April 1917, repatriated from Turkey after the war.