Lieutenant Colonel John Cecil Thomas Edmund Charles Ridley

Ranks Held	Captain, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel, Major
Birth Date	1881-01-10
Final Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Service	Australian Imperial Force
Units	Australian Instructional Corps 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Conflict/Operation	First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes	Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-01 Published in London Gazette in 1917-02-28 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-07-25

Collection items

Date of birth	10 January 1881
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	17 October 1914	Appointed lieutenant and Adjutant in the 5th Light Horse Regiment.
Date promoted	20 October 1914	Appointed captain.
Date of embarkation	21 December 1914
Other units	12 January 1916	Acting Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General 1st Australian Divisional Headquarters.
Other units	15 February 1916	Brigade Major 13th Australian Infantry Brigade.
Date promoted	26 March 1916	Appointed major.
Date of recommendation honour or award	08 December 1916
Date of honour or award	01 January 1917	Distinguished Service Order.
Date promoted	06 February 1917	Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Other units	06 February 1917	Commanding Officer 51st Battalion.
Date of honour or award	25 July 1917	Mention in Despatches.
Other units	29 October 1917	Instructor, Senior Officers School, Aldershot.
Other units	27 June 1918	Acting Assistant Adjutant-General Administrative Headquarters AIF.
Other units	20 August 1918	Attached to Headquarters, Fifth Army, France.
Other units	18 September 1918	Commanding Officer 45th Battalion.
Other units	19 November 1918	Attached to 1 G Training General Headquarters, France.
Other units	20 December 1918	Director Branch 3D Research and Development Department, AIF.
Other	20 August 1920	AIF appointment terminated.