LONGSTAFF, Richard John
Service Number: | 640 |
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Enlisted: | 14 September 1914, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Korumburra, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
Home Town: | Kiama, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Miner |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 4 May 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 38, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
14 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 640, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 640, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 640, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John and Marian Longstaff of Collins Street, Kiama, NSW. Brother of Nellie Longstaff of Footscray, Victoria and William David Longstaff who was killed insction on 8 August 1915 while serving with the 2nd Battalion and is buried in the Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC. Special Memorial Row C, Grave 49
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the cadets