CLARIDGE, Albert Edwin
(Service number 29983)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 25/07/1884 | Place of Birth | Temuka |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Karamea | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Charles CLARIDGE (father), Temuka | ||
Military Service
| Served with | New Zealand Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 18th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company | ||
| Date | 16 October 1916 | ||
| Transport | Willochra | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 18 June 1940 | Age | 55 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Albert Edwin Claridge was born on 25 July 1884 at Temuka, the third son of Charles and Amelia (née Hanks) Claridge, who emigrated to New Zealand immediately after their marriage in England. Albert was educated at Temuka School. Casualty List No. 702, issued in late October 1917, named several South Canterbury men who had been wounded, among them Albert Claridge, of Temuka. He had been wounded in the back and admitted to hospital on 13 October. This was the second time Albert was wounded Albert married Myrtle Crocker in 1924. He died on 18 June 1940 at Christchurch, aged 55 years, and was buried in Bromley cemetery. His brother, Frederick Gordon Stanley Claridge, also served in World War I.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [17 June 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [17 June 2020]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [19 June 2020]; Bromley Cemetery burial record (Christchurch City Council) [21 June 2020]; Timaru Herald, 29 & 30 October 1917 (Papers Past) [10 January 2016]
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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG
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