Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Navy
- Conflict
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Place of Enlistment
- Sydney NSW
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- 12/12/1900
- Place of Birth
- Sydney NSW
- Address (at enlistment)
- Geerilong Gardens, Reid ACT
- Occupation
- Public servant
- Next of Kin
- Amy Aldridge (wife), Geerilong Gardens, Reid ACT
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- 4928
- Final Rank
- Leading stoker
- Final Unit
- HMAS Penguin
Notes
Aldridge arrived in Canberra in 1935 with the staff of the War Memorial. He served in World War 2 as a leading stoker on the auxiliary ship HMAS Terka in the Pacific islands before being discharged as medically unfit in 1943.
Sources
WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
ACT Electoral Rolls 1916 to 1967 http://canberraheritageportal.org/default.php
Stand-to: Journal of the Australian Capital Territory Branch, RSSAILA, Jan. 1951 (p.29)