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VILLIERS-STUART , Desmond Reginald de la Poer
Personal Details
| Other Name: | Manders, Richard Clive - Service Record |
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| Service Number: | 7107 |
| Enlisted: | 1 September 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Waterford, Ireland, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Chidlow, Mundaring, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Orchardist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 8 August 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, Cabin Hill Cemetery, Messines, Flanders, Belgium. Panel 17 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 1 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7107, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7107, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7107, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Berrima, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Also known as Richard Clive Manders.
Desmond had enlisted previously in November 1915 but was discharged on 6 March 1916 as not being likely to make a good soldier. He later re-enlisted using the alias of Richard Clive Manders giving his place of birth as Oxford, England and falsifying his next of kin.
Son of Capt. Gerald Viilers-Stuart and Maud Hutcheson Villiers-Stuart of Richmond, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, Ireland.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal