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RICHARDS, Gilbert

Service Numbers:	136, W72539
Enlisted:	9 September 1914
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	8th (WA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Honiton, Devon, England, 29 October 1889
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Mechanic
Died:	Western Australia, 23 July 1965, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 1 Service

9 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 136, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 136, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
11 Apr 1917:	Imprisoned

World War 2 Service

17 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, W72539, 8th (WA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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