Lieutenant Colonel John Cecil Thomas Edmund Charles Ridley

Ranks Held	Captain, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel, Major
Birth Date	10/01/1881
Final Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Service	Australian Imperial Force
Units	5th Australian Light Horse Regiment 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment Australian Instructional Corps
Conflict/Operation	First World War, 1914-1918

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Date of birth	10/01/1881
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	17/10/1914	Appointed lieutenant and Adjutant in the 5th Light Horse Regiment.
Date promoted	20/10/1914	Appointed captain.
Date of embarkation	21/12/1914
Other units	12/01/1916	Acting Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General 1st Australian Divisional Headquarters.
Date of recommendation honour or award	08/12/1916
Other units	15/02/1916	Brigade Major 13th Australian Infantry Brigade.
Date promoted	26/03/1916	Appointed major.
Date promoted	06/02/1917	Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Date of honour or award	01/01/1917	Distinguished Service Order.
Other units	29/10/1917	Instructor, Senior Officers School, Aldershot.
Date of honour or award	25/07/1917	Mention in Despatches.
Other units	06/02/1917	Commanding Officer 51st Battalion.
Other units	20/08/1918	Attached to Headquarters, Fifth Army, France.
Other units	19/11/1918	Attached to 1 G Training General Headquarters, France.
Other units	18/09/1918	Commanding Officer 45th Battalion.
Other units	20/12/1918	Director Branch 3D Research and Development Department, AIF.
Other units	27/06/1918	Acting Assistant Adjutant-General Administrative Headquarters AIF.
Other	20/08/1920	AIF appointment terminated.