Bride, Benjamin (4376)
Place of Birth: Collingwood, VIC
Age: 28 years 7 months
Enlistment Details: Monday, 24 January 1916 – Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 4376 view online service record
Address:
22 Liardet Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Rowland Bride (father)
22 Liardet Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Wednesday, 29 March 1916
Ship: RMS Orontes
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 6th Infantry Battalion – 21st Reinforcements
Fate:
KIA: Sunday, 5 November 1916
Place: France
Private, 21 Infantry, killed in action 5 November, 1916, France, aged 29, commemorated Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.
Parents: Rowland and Mrs Martha BRIDE (step-mother), born Collingwood. He enlisted shown as a switchboard operator at 22 Liardet Street. His step-mother returned the circular from Liardet Street nominating Neerim North as the district her late son was mainly associated with. The family structure is a little unclear – the only Death Notice sighted has Martha as his step-mother and he as a loving brother of Leo, Mary and Bob.
Additional research by Brian Membrey