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Surname BRIDGELAND
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) Frederick Charles Lionel
Regimental Number 1270
RankPrivate
Unit Name 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
StateVic
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)

5VMR QSA Roll: ?1220 BRIDGESAND, F Left Wing, Queen's South Africa medal and 3 clasps (CC OFS & Tvl). Annotations on 5VMR QSA Medal Roll 4LH killed in action 1915.
URL1: born 1882 Orroroo SA lived in Casterton Vic.
B5179: born 1880 a horse breaker from Elwood Vic.
URL2: WW1 AIF 73 Private 4LH killed in action 6.8.1915.
URL3: WW1 AIF 73 Private 'A'Sqn. 4LH a traveller aged 32 from Elsternwick next of kin in Casterton Vic.
URL4: WW1 AIF 73 Pte. 4LH a traveller aged 32 in 1914 born in Orroroo SA next of kin wife in Casterton Vic., 5VMR South Africa, killed in action at Gaba Tepe Gallipoli Penninsula 6.8.1915.
Melb. Leader: Ellwood Vic., photo #16.
URL6: photo.
URL7: St. Kilda Soldiers' Memorial THE UNVEILING CEREMONY. The memorial which has been erected in Alfred Square, St. Kilda, in memory of the local citizen soldiers who took part in the South African war, was unveiled on Sunday afternoon last [19.3.1905] by His Excellency the State Governor Sir Reginald TALBOT. ... The names of the soldiers inscribed on the memorial are as follows - THE FALLEN. Corporal RPN ROBERTSON, Troopers Laurence GOUDY, Edwin KNOX, MA LANGLEY, WA ROLLS, Leslie STEWART and John WHELAN. THOSE WHO RETURNED. Lieutenant-Colonel CLARK, Major MCINERNEY, Captain HOWE, Lieutenants ALLEN, APPLEBY, CAMPBELL, EMBLING, O'LOUGHLIN, POWER, PRITCHETT. Sergeant-Major BOYES. Sergeants DARE, KREROUSE, NEWELL, PAIRD, SHAW, WAUGH. Corporals HUTCHINSON, JESSE. Lance-Corporals STEWART, BRADLEY, HOLT. Troopers ALLAN, D ANDERSON, W ANDERSON, ASHLEY, BRIDGELAND, BARKE, BURNS, COWDEN, DEEGAN, DELANEY, EDINGTON, GARDNER, HADDEN, HENDERSON, HUTCHINSON, LEISHMAN, MAYS, MORRIS, LL MULLEN, CA MULLEN, J MULLEN, NEWELL, PARROTT, PAMMEROY, PUTT, RALEIGH, ROSS, SINCLAIR, G SMITH, S SMITH, STEWART, THOMAS, TOMPSITT, WELLS, WELLS and WILLAN.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 293
5VMR QSA Roll: Queen's S. Africa Medal Roll for 5VMR Annotations on 5VMR QSA Medal Roll
B5179: National Archives of Australia series B5179 item B
B2455: National Archives of Australia series B2455
Melb. Leader: Melbourne Leader newspaper date(s) 16.2.1901
Prahran Ch.: Prahran Chronicle newspaper date(s) 18.3.1905
External Link URL1www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/casterton/crimea_boer_veterans.htm
External Link URL2www.awm.gov.au/database/133/page.asp?Folder=5&Page=141&Surname=bridgeland
External Link URL3www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/awm8/10_9_1/pdf/0004.pdf
External Link URL4naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=3120296&I=1&SE=1
External Link URL5aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=32098
External Link URL6picasaweb.google.co.uk/boerwarpics/Ozbpics#5465061471169296114
External Link URL7nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165402534


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Apology: For some time now it has been difficult to keep up with the newly available sources (especially the Trove newspaper site) plus the flow of contributions and queries. So I have been forced to prioritise maintenance and data entry over replying to correspondence. Nevertheless, your contributions are being added to the database and acknowledged on the contributions page and, although my replies are many months behind, I will attempt to get to them more often.
 
Colin Roe
Canberra

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