Edward Henry (Ted) ALDRIDGE

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ALDRIDGE, Edward Henry

Service Number:	129
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Charters Towers, Queensland, Austra;ia, 28 June 1880
Home Town:	Tewantin, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Timber-getter
Died:	Tewantin, Queensland, Australia, 1 July 1953, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Tewantin Cemetery, Qld Plot: Section Old, Row E, Plot 197
Memorials:

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 129
4 Apr 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 129, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901.
23 Jun 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 129, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902.

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Edward Henry Aldridge was born on 28 Jun 1880 at Charters Towers, Queensland, a son to Henry Aldridge and Harriet Aldridge (nee Phillips). On his enlistment with the 6th QIB in 1901 he noted his N.O.K. as his father Henry Aldridge at Mount Morgan, Queensland.

He married Mary Ann Richardson on 26 Mar 1903 in Queensland and they had 6 children. They lived in the Sunshine Coast region of Queensland where Edward (Ted) was known as a rugged Timber-getter. Mary passed away on 16 Feb 1917 following which Edward remarried to Minnie Ella Rabjohns on 3 Jul 1923.

(sources- AWM Boer War Memorial, Murray p. 512; oznunns.com.au family history online).

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