Bridges, Sir William Throsby (1861-1915), a major general, was appointed the first commandant of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, Canberra, Australia, in 1911. Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, he commanded the Australian Imperial Force in Egypt. He landed with the Anzacs on the Gallipoli Peninsula on the morning of April 25, 1915. While visiting the front line on May 15, he was severely wounded by a Turkish sniper. He died three days later on a hospital ship. His body was brought back to Australia and buried on a hill overlooking the military college at Duntroon. Bridges was born in Greenock in Scotland on Feb. 18, 1861.
