Lieutenant Colonel William Francis Noel Bridges

Service number 14012
Ranks Held Captain, Major, Lieutenant Colonel
Death Date 1942-01-01
Death Place At sea
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces
Units
  • Field Survey Company
  • 6th Australian Infantry Brigade
  • 7th Australian Infantry Brigade
  • 25th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 26th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place At sea
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1918-01-01
Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-28
Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-04
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    7th Australian Infantry Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
  • Commemorative Roll:

    Unit
    Field Survey Company
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    6th Australian Infantry Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    25th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    01 January 1918 on page 27 at position 5
    Commonwealth Gazette
    18 April 1918 on page 846 at position 35
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    6th Australian Infantry Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    25th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    28 December 1917 on page 13563 at position 7
    Commonwealth Gazette
    18 April 1918 on page 841 at position 11
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    25th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
    London Gazette
    04 January 1917 on page 253 at position 4
    Commonwealth Gazette
    29 June 1917 on page 1391 at position 20
  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    26th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    6th Australian Infantry Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

Timeline

Date of enlistment 23 August 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 17 September 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 09 September 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 19 September 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 30 September 1917
Date of fate 21 March 1919
Date of death 01 January 1942
Date of death 01 January 1942