Richard Charles BADMINGTON

BADMINGTON, Richard Charles

    Service Number: 3486
    Enlisted: 10 August 1915, Warwick Farm
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 53rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Manly, New South Wales, Australia, 15 May 1889
    Home Town: Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales
    Schooling: Manly Public School Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Carpenter
    Died: Died of Illness (POW of Germany - pneumonia), Essen Reserve Lazarette Municipal Hospital, Cologne, Germany, 14 October 1918, aged 29 years
    Cemetery: Cologne Southern Cemetery
    Ref.XV. A. 54. Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY FROM HIS MOTHER & BROTHERS IN AUSTRALIA
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Manly War Memorial NSW
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    World War 1 Service

    10 Aug 1915: Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3486, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Warwick Farm
    2 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 3486, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    2 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 3486, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    19 Jul 1916: Imprisoned Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Became a POW on first day of active fighting experience, and died from pleurisy/pneumonia 14 October, 1918
    14 Oct 1918: Involvement Private, 3486, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3486 awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-10-14

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    Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

    Richard Charles BADMINGTON was born in 1889 in Manly, NSW

    His parents were George BADMINGTON & Anne Elizabeth DUNLOP

    His brother Harry Duff BADMINGTON (SN3019) was killed in Action in 1917

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