RICKARD, Roy Stanley
| Service Number: | 1760 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kingston, Victoria, Australia, November 1892 |
| Home Town: | Kingston, Hepburn, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Kingston State School,Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Kingston,Victoria, Australia, 19 May 1922, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Creswick Public Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Creswick Kingston State School Roll of Honour, Kingston Fire Brigade HR |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1760, 57th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1760, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1760, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 1 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Roy Stanley Rickard was the only one of three sons of Charles and Hannah Rickard of Kingston, Victoria, who returned to Australia. He passed away in his home town less than three years later, in 1922.
Roy had 1314 days’ service mainly in the 59th Battalion. It was said he was a member of the local Fire brigade, and was extremely popular. The newspapers mentioned that complaint was made that a medical report on his case remained unanswered by the Repatriation Department for seven weeks before his death.
His two brothers who fell during the Great war were 476 Lce. Cpl. Harry Cecil Rickard 9th Light Horse Regiment who was killed in action at Gallipoli on 3 September 1915, aged 21 and 1762 Pte. Clarence Charles Rickard 58th Battalion AIF who died of wounds in France on 1 April 1917, aged 26.
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