Guy BRIDGEMAN

Regimental number9/15
Other NamesGuy Clive
AddressKaitoe Station, Waikouaiti, Otago
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, F O Bridgeman, c/o Neil and Co, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Three squadrons of the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment left New Zealand on board 'Hawke's Bay', and one squadron on board 'Verdala'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rank2nd Lieutenant
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of disease 14 November 1918
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialFeatherston Cemetery (Plot 668)
Miscellaneous information from
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Parents: Frederick Orlando and Florence Letitia Bridgeman, Dunedin
Medals

Military Cross

'February 26th to September 20th, 1917. An exceptionally plucky young officer. He has done very good work as Forward Observation Officer as different times. He was Forward Observation Officer for his battery at Messines and established an observation post well forward when the infantry reached their final objective. During a Counter attack the enemy put down a barrage which wounded one of his two telephonists, and, under fire, 2nd Lieutenant Bridgeman dressed the man's wounds and carried him back to a dressing station.'
Source: 'London Gazette'
Date: 1 January 1918

Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: Military Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Main Body

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