UNDERWOOD, Richard Tattersall
| Service Number: | 2039 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Harrow, London, England, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 1969, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 2039, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 2039, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alfred Underwood and Rebecca Underwood of 'Braybrooke', Kingsley Road, South Harrow, England.
Next of kin given as William Underwood of the above address.
25 Janaury 1915 - enlisted at Liverpool, NSW with 2nd Battalion and rank of Private.
3 April 1916 - transferred to ANZAC Police.
25 May 1916 - promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal.
25 April 1917 - transferred to 62nd Battalion
12 December 1917 - transferred to the 2nd Batallion. Rank revert to Private.
13 March 1918 - transferred to the Australian Employment Corps.
21 October 1918 - Richard married Sybil Runyard in the Wool Parish Church, Wool, Dorset, England. E. Clifford Hawkes officiated.
20 April 1919 - discharged in London, unit demobised and classed medically unfit.
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Commenced return to Australia on 26 Janaury 1922 aboard HT Ballarat accompanied by his wife and two children