SEILER, Richard
| Service Number: | 63789 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 12 February 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Field Artillery Brigades |
| Born: | Maryborough, Qld., 25 May 1878 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Drowning, Manly, NSW, 10 December 1945, aged 67 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Lobethal WW1 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Feb 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 63789, Reinforcements WW1 | |
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| 5 Jun 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 63789, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1918: | Embarked Gunner, 63789, Field Artillery Brigades, RMS Orontes, Sydney |
Richard Sieler
Name: Richard Seiler
Service Number: 63789
Place of Birth: Maryborough, Qld
Date of Birth: 25 May 1878
Place of Enlistment: East Sydney, NSW
Date of Enlistment: 18 February 1918
Age at Enlistment: 39 years 8 months
Next of Kin: Sister, Mrs. Clara Marks / Oakbank
Occupation: Butcher
Religion: Church of England
Rank: Private
Richard left Sydney on the Orontes on 5 June 1918, disembarking in Liverpool, England on 11 August. He was sent to France with the 35th Reinforcements on 4 October 1918 where he served with the Graves Regiment Detachment prior to returning to Australia on the Ajana on 9 October 1919. Richard was discharged on 2 November.
Submitted 24 October 2023 by christopher collins
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
BODY IN HARBOUR
The Water Police late last night recovered the body of a man floating near the swimming pool at Manly. The police believe the body to be that of Richard Seiler, 67, who lived in a boarding-house in Clarence Street, city.
2/11 Left of
£1500 Bank
A man whose body was recovered from the waters of Manly Cove on December 7, had a bank account in 1938 of £1500, which had dwindled to 2/11 at the time of his death. This was stated at the City Coroner's Court today, at the inquest on Johannes Benjamin SeIler, 67, also known as Richard Seiler, of 96, Crown-street, Sydney. Mrs. Tresa Smyth said that Seiler had lived at her home for the past six years. Just before that he had won a third share of the first prize in the State Lottery. He had been a wharf laborer, but immediately gave up work, and had not worked since. The City Coroner (Mr. R, G. Cookson), returned an open finding.
SEILER - The Funeral of the late Richard Seiler, 1st A.I.F., beloved brother of Mrs. C Marks, of Oakbank S.A., will leave our Private Mortuary Chapel, 265 Elizabeth Street Sydney, This (Monday) Morning at 9.30 o'clock for Indepdant Cemetry, Rookwood.
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