Albert EDRIDGE

Regimental number7/512
AddressCheviot
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinA E Edridge, Bligh's Road, Papanui, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Lyttelton on 16 October 1914
The Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment, Main Body, embarked on board two ships, HMNZT 4 'Tahiti' and HMNZT 11 'Athenic'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rank2nd Lieutenant
Final unitNew Zealand Mounted Machine Gun Squadron
FateDied of wounds 30 March 1918
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsJerusalem Memorial (Panel No 1), Palestine
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Ellen Edridge, 10 Repton Street, Merivale, Christchurch
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Main Body

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