William Charles Berridge

  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal
  • 1914 -1915 Star
  • Gallipoli Medallion
  • Gallipoli Lapel Badge
  • Born 22 May 1893, Tauranga, New Zealand
  • Died unknown
  • Last rank Private
  • Service number 12/316
  • Served In Auckland Infantry Battalion. Main Body, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
  • Next of Kin W.C. Berridge (father), Tauranga, New Zealand
  • Pre-war occupation Bank Clerk for Bank Australasia, Maunganui
  • ReligionAnglican
  • Enlisted17 August 1914, Auckland
  • Embarkationaboard HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12, Star of India or Waimana, departed 16 October 1914, Wellington, disembarked Suez, Egypt, 3 December 1914
  • Theatres of operationEgyptian 1914-1915 and Gallipoli 1915
  • Periods of service135 days in New Zealand, one year and 16 days overseas in Egypt and Gallipoli. Total service of one year and 149 days
  • Returned to New Zealandaboard Willochra, 25 September 1915
  • Discharged12 January 1916, medically unfit for active service.
  • Awarded1914-15 Star, Gallipoli Lapel Badge, Gallipoli Medallion, British War Medal and Victory Medal
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