Rank:
Private
Service number:
3868
Unit:
32nd Infantry Battalion
Location:
Buire-sur-l'Ancre, France
Buire-sur-l'Ancre, France
Le Hamel, France
St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France
Date of Death:
11 June 1918
Enquirer:
Eyewitness Reports:
Packet number:
5738
Date range:
1918
SLSA record number:
SRG 76/1/5738
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Campbelltown Soldier WW1
RAY (ROY) NEWTON RIDLEY
Ray (or Roy as he was sometimes known) Newton Ridley, Reg. No. 3868, was born in Paradise, South Australia, in 1897. He was the son of George William Edward Ridley and Mrs. F. M Ridley. His next of Kin was stated as (Aunt) Ann Rowney, Campbelltown, South Australia. He signed up as a member of the 32nd Infantry Brigade, and left Adelaide on HMAT Commonwealth A73. He disembarked at Plymouth, England on 14th November 1916, and arrived at the base at Etaples, France on 30th December 1916. On the 11th of October 1917, he was attached to the 8th Light Trench Mortar Battalion. In March of 1918 he was transferred to that unit. During an advance on the 15th of April 1918, he received serious wounds to the right thigh and buttock, also the left shoulder. His right leg was amputated on the 11th of June 1918, and he died later that day in hospital. He was buried at St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France. He was 21 years of age when he died.
Sources
The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929) Tuesday 18 June 1918 p 4
https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1666285/