Eldridge, George (1540)
Place of Birth: South Melbourne, VIC
Age: 20 years 7 months
Enlistment Details: Thursday, 26 November 1914 – Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 1540 view online service record
Address:
69 Madeline Street
Carlton, VIC
Next of Kin:
Fanny Matilda Eldridge (mother)
69 Madeline Street
Carlton, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Friday, 19 February 1915
Ship: HMAT Runic A54
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion – 3rd Reinforcements
Fate:
DOW: Wednesday, 18 August 1915
Place: At sea, on board Acquitania
Until 1925, the northern part of Swanston Street in Carlton was called Madeline Street.
1925 ‘GENERAL NEWS,’, The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 – 1954), 3 March, p. 10. , viewed 08 Oct 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155561894
Private, 14 Infantry, died of wounds 18 August, 1915, Gallipoli, aged 21, commemorated Lone Pine Memorial
1540A (Parents :Alfred and Mrs Matilda Fanny ELDRIDGE, born Port Melbourne, educated City Road, South Melbourne SS, born 464 Bay Street. He enlisted as a 20 year-old labourer from Carlton, mother shown in Madeline Street, now the extension of Swanston Street north of Grattan Street. Port Melbourne shown as place of association. Circular returned by his mother, then Mrs HANLEY, 39 Roy Street, South Melbourne)
Additional Research by Brian Membrey