Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Ridge John Leslie

Amongst those who have recently answered the call is Sergeant Leslie Ridge who was killed in France on April 11^th. By his death the army has been made poorer by the loss of one of its very brave men. Sergeant Ridge resided in the Boat Harbour district practically all his life with the exception of one or two sojourns in Victoria. He enlisted from Victoria and left Melbourne in October 1915. He was of a quiet unassuming disposition but a splendid stamp of a man standing over 6 ft high. On enlisting he was invited to join the officer’s training class with a view to accepting a promotion but declined saying he preferred to win his stripes on the battlefield. He did so and rose to the rank of sergeant. After being in France a short while he became connected with a machine gun detachment and it was not long before he was in charge. The sympathy extended to the young hero’s mother, sister and brother is widespread.

The Weekly Courier 31^st May 1917

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Studio portrait of 3469 Private Leslie Ridge (John Leslie George Ridge), 14th Battalion of Boat Harbour, Tasmania. A bush labourer prior to enlistment, Pte Ridge embarked with the 11th Reinforcements on HMAT Nestor on 11 October 1915. In November 1916 he was promoted to the rank of Corporal, then to Sergeant three months later. On 11 April 1917 he was killed in action at Bullecourt, France.

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