RITCHIE, Frank
| Service Number: | 6333 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 February 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Box Hill, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Bexley, Rockdale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Technical College, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Mercery Manager (Draper) |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 1 November 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Ypres Reservoir Cemetery Plot 1, Row 1, Grave 67. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6333, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 9 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6333, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6333, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Peter Bell & Sarah Caroline Ritchie of 'The Laurels', Bayview Street, Bexley, New South Wales; brother of George Ritchie who was Killed in Action on 20 September 1917while serving with the 18th Battalion
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
The Inverell Times 18 January 1918.
NO MORE BOYS LEFT.
The following pathetic letter, from Mr. P. B. Ritchie, “The Laurels”, Bayview Street, was read to the Bexley aldermen at their last meeting:
“Would you kindly accept and convey to the Mayor and aldermen the sincerest thanks of myself and family for the very kind expression of sympathy contained in your esteemed letter of November 7, 1917, respecting the death of our dear eldest son, George, killed in action on September 20, 1917. I am sorry to state that since then we have been officially notified of the loss of our second son, Frank, killed in action in France, on November 1, 1917. We have no more dear boys to help fight the country's cause, as they, both good soldiers, did.”
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