Sydney RICHARDSON

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RICHARDSON, Sydney

Service Number:	2669
Enlisted:	15 April 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 10 April 1884
Home Town:	Crows Nest, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Glenavon State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 8 September 1916, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Etaples Military Cemetery Plot X, Row C, Grave No. 10.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crows Nest (Qld) War Memorial, Nanango War Memorial

World War 1 Service

15 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2669, 9th Infantry Battalion
16 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2669, 9th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2669, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
8 Sep 1916:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 2669, 49th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2669 awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-09-08

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Sydney Richardson was the son of William Herbert Richardson and Elizabeth Robinson, both of whom had passed away many years before WW1. His younger brother, 2790 Pte. Edward Richardson 15th Battalion AIF had been killed in action on 6 July 1916, aged 23.

‘Syd’ Richardson was a grazier of Glenaven, Crow's Nest at the time and gave his next of kin as Mrs. John Campbell (his sister Amy) of Glenaven. He was mortally wounded during the heavy fighting at Mouquet Farm on 3 September 1916 and though he made it to a General Hospital at Etaples he died of his wounds about five days later. His war medals went to an older brother, Ernest Richardson.

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