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LOCKWOOD, Richard Jack Lockwood Strong
Personal Details
Other Name: | Birkin, Richard Jack Lockwood - True Name |
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Service Number: | 3415 |
Enlisted: | 26 February 1917, Melbourne |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Kyneton, Vicroria, Australia, 1892 |
Home Town: | Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria |
Schooling: | Williamstown State School |
Occupation: | Boiler Maker |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 April 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension B 46 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kyneton War Memorial, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor, Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
26 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne | |
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11 May 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3415, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
3 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3415, 46th Infantry Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre, KIA |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Enlisted and served under alias Richard Jack Lockwood
Richard Jack Lockwood BIRKIN was born in Kyneton, Victoria in 1892
His parents were John Thomas BIRKIN & Mary Louisa Alberta STRONG
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His brother Frederick George Lockwood BIRKIN (SN2746) was Killed in Action on 8th August, 1916