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RICHMOND, Alexander
Personal Details
Service Number: | 616 |
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Enlisted: | 27 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Warrion, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Allansford, Warrnambool, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 18 May 1915, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Plot 11, Row A, Grave 22 Chaplain S.C. McPhee officiated, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 616, 10th Infantry Battalion, Morphettville, South Australia | |
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20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 616, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 616, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide |
Personal Stories
Help us honour Alexander Richmond's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
His personal effects were returned to AIF Base Records Melbourne 1920, awaiting a claimant.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of David Richmond of Allansford, Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal