HACKETT, Richard Broughton
| Service Number: | 1705 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 May 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Whitton, New South Wales, Australia, April 1882 |
| Home Town: | Whitton, Leeton, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Whitton School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, France, 1 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Warlencourt British Cemetery Plot IV, Row D, Grave 8 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 16 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1705, 17th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 28 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 1705, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 1705, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Richard Broughton HACKETT was born in April, 1882 in Whitton, Riverina, New South Wales
His parents were Charles Broughton HACKETT who was born in Tasmania and Mary Augustine McGONIGLE who was born in Ireland - they married in Adelaide, South Australia on 28th April, 1879
He had one son James Broughton HACKETT who was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1914 - mother Elizabeth Jane WATTS
He enlisted in Liverpool, NSW on 16th May, 1915 and embarked with the 17th Infantry Battalion, 2nd reinforcements on the transport ship Suffolk
Richard died from wounds in France on 1st March, 1917 and is buried in the Warlencourt British Cemetery and his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
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His son James Broughton HACKETT (SN NX45541) served during WW2 in the Australian Army - he was discharged in 1945
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