Ridley, William John

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B.V.Sc. : Captain, A.A.V.C., A.I.F., France. Enlisting in December, 1914, as captain and sailing 22nd June, 1915, as Veterinary Officer, 5th Brigade, was attached to 13th Field Artillery Bde. 15th March, 1916, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, 9th August, and 11th Bde., 9th April, 1917, serving till death. Killed in Action, Messines Ridge, 7th June, 1917, and buried in Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Neuve Eglise. The Baker and Ridley Prize was founded in 1924 by the Veterinary Association of New South Wales. Early education at Kogarah and Cleveland St. Intermediate High Schools and The Scots College. . . . His life was an exemplary one.

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1890

Birth in Moree -- NSW, Australia 28 September 1890
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Early education at Kogarah High School, Kogarah, NSW, Australia
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Early education at The Scots College, Bellevue Hill, NSW, Australia
1906

Early education at Cleveland St Intermediate High School, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia 1906
1914

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1914
1914

Enlisted 1 Dec 1914
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Military service as Captain at France --, France
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Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on
1917

Death in Messines Ridge -Messines Ridge-, Belgium 7 June 1917

Gender

Male

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