RICKARD, Clarence Charles
| Service Number: | 1762 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kingston, Victoria, Australia, January 1891 |
| Home Town: | Kingston, Hepburn, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 1 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Aveluy Wood Cemetery, (Lancashire Dump), Mesnil-Martinsart Row N, Grave No. 19. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Creswick Kingston State School Roll of Honour, Kingston Fire Brigade HR |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1762, 57th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1762, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1762, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 1 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 1762, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1762 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-01 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Clarence Rickard was one the three sons of Charles and Hannah Rickard of Kingston, Victoria, and he and his brother Roy enlisted together after the death of their younger brother, Harry Rickard, who was killed in action at Gallipoli during 1915.
Clarence was with the 58th Battalion when he was mortally wounded on the 26 March 1917. He died in a Casualty Clearing Station five days later of multiple shell wounds to his limbs.
His brother Roy survived the war, returning to Australia in 1919 but passed away during 1922 in his home town, possibly from war induced illnesses.
The following article appeared in the Ballarat Courier on 12 April 1917. “PRIVATE C. C. RICKARD- The Defence Department has notified Mr. Chas. Rickard, of Kingston that his son Pte Clarence Charles Rickard, died at a casualty station in France on 1st April from gunshot wounds and compound fracture of the leg. Another of Mr. Rickard's son, Harry Cecil had previously made the supreme sacrifice, and a third boy is serving at the front. The deceased who was 26 years of age, was a past president of the Kingston branch of the A.N.A., and was also a member of the Kingston Fire Brigade. He was a very smart, able fireman, and took part in competitions. The fallen soldier was very popular with all classes. The flags at Kingston were flown half-mast yesterday as a mark of respect to his memory. The deepest sympathy (our Allendale correspondent writes) is felt with Mr. C. Rickard (his father), who is a well-known Creswick Shire contractor, and the other members of the family, all of whom are well known and highly esteemed.”
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