Arthur George ALDRIDGE

Regimental number12/1875
Date of birth11 February 1885
Place of birthNelson
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationRailway clerk
AddressArcadia Road, Epsom, Auckland
Marital statusMarried
Height5' 7.5"
Weight157 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Ada Vernon Aldridge, Highwye Avenue, Remuera, Auckland
Previous military serviceServed in North Island Engineers, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date11 January 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationLieutenant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 21 Willochra on 17 April 1915
Final rankLieutenant
Final unitAuckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 10 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialAt sea
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 72), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Amelia Aldridge, Arcadia Road, Epsom, Auckland, and the late T. Aldridge; Wife: Ada Vernon Aldridge, 2 Bosworth Terrace, Wellington
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined unit at Gallipoli, 8 June 1915.

Wounded in action, 8 August 1915.

Died of wounds on board HS 'Valdiva', 10 August 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1880, File 22275063