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RICHARDSON, John William

Service Number:	Commissioned Officer
Enlisted:	24 February 1916, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Longueville, New South Wales, Australia, 11 July 1891
Home Town:	Longueville, Lane Cove, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Leather belt maker
Died:	Killed In Action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

24 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 34th Infantry Battalion, Sydney, New South Wales
2 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
29 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 34th Infantry Battalion
30 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, Commissioned Officer, 34th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres
12 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, Commissioned Officer, 34th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 34th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1917-10-12

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