Alfred ASTRIDGE

ASTRIDGE, Alfred

Service Number: 3597
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born: Not yet discovered
Home Town: Lidcombe, Auburn, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, France, 2 April 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension
Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Dernancourt, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

10 May 1917: Involvement Private, 3597, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
10 May 1917: Embarked Private, 3597, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Marathon, Sydney

The Cumberland and Fruitgrowers Advocate Saturday 04 May 1918 page 10

The Red Cross letter, dated November 16, said: 'We have just received from our
agents in London the following cable, husband of Mrs. Astridge, of Kerr's-road,
Lidcombe, was killed in action in France on 2nd April. He leaves a family of three
children. He belonged to the 45th Battalion, and was 40 years of age. He left
for the front on 10th. May, 1917, and spent some time at Salisbury Plains, England.
He had been in France since October last. Before enlisting he had resided in Lidcombe about four years, during most of which time he was employed by the Water and Sewerage Board. His father, who is still alive and resides at Newtown, will
be remembered by many old hands of the district as station-master at Granville for
some time.

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