Richard HESSE

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Service Number:	28150
Enlisted:	4 September 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	12th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Cowra, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Erskineville, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Draper
Died:	Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia, 1967, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

4 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 28150, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 28150, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Ascanius, Sydney
20 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 12th Field Artillery Brigade
27 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 28150, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , Shell shock caused by being blown up in a dug out
24 Sep 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 28150, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Address at the time of enlistment was George Street, Erskinville, NSW

Son of Sarah Hesse of Dowling Street, Moore Park, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 1 February 1918 aboard HT Balmoral Castle dismbarking on 29 March 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal