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CASEY, Richard Gardiner
Personal Details
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 1 January 1912, Enlisted in 1st King Edwards Horse C Squadron (University Squadron) |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Headquarters Staff |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 29 August 1890 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Cumloden School, St. Kilda, Melbourne and Melbourne Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Engineer, Diplomat, Politician, Governor and Governor-General |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, 17 June 1976, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Macedon Cemetery |
| Memorials: |
Service History
Non Warlike Service
| 1 Jan 1912: | Enlisted Other Commonwealth Forces, Lance Corporal, King Edward's Horse, Enlisted in 1st King Edwards Horse C Squadron (University Squadron) |
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World War 1 Service
| 14 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer | |
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| 22 Oct 1914: | Involvement Lieutenant, Headquarters Staff, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Oct 1914: | Embarked Lieutenant, Headquarters Staff, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Nemaric
Attestation papers for Commission in the 1st AIF state Military service as 1 year King Edwards Horse.
He joined the C Squadron (University Squadron) while at Trinity College Cambridge. Reference in "Casey" (W. J . Hudson Oxford University Press 1986)
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