Hurtle RICHARDSON

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RICHARDSON, Hurtle

Service Numbers:	1173, 603
Enlisted:	8 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Hindmarsh, South Australia, 26 April 1893
Home Town:	Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Brick-layer
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hindmarsh Federated Brick, Tile & Pottery Industrial Union Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

8 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia
27 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1173, 10th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
27 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1173, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
17 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 603, 8th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Omrah embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
17 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 603, 8th Machine Gun Company, RMS Omrah, Melbourne
12 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 603, 8th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 603 awm_unit: 8th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-12

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Biography

"PRIVATE HURTLE RICHARDSON.

Private Hurtle Richardson, of the 10th Battalion, first reinforcements, was wounded during the fighting on the Gal- lipoli Peninsula. His twenty-second birthday occurred on April 26, one of the days on which he was in action. He is a member of the Bricklayers' Union. Football is a sport of which he is an enthusisastic supporter. The West Tor- rens Club is the organisation he follows most keenly." - from the Adelaide Daily Herald 26 May 1915 (nla.gov.au)

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