Hugh Decimus BRIDGE

Regimental number24332
OccupationClerk
Next of kinWife, Mrs J M Bridge, 282 Queen's Drive, Lyall Bay, Wellington
Rank on embarkationSergeant Major
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 11th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 64 Devon on 25 September 1916
Final rankCorporal
Final unitB Company, 3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 25 November 1917
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialButtes New British Cemetery (Plot XII, Row A, Grave No 9), Polygon Wood, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Herbert Bowen Bridge and Adele Leonore Bridge, Wellington; Wife: Joyce Miriam Bridge, Wellington
Family/military connectionsBrother: 8/2255 Pte Lance BRIDGE, Otago Infantry Regiment, died of wounds, 13 August 1915.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 30

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