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SHIELDS, Richard Thompson
Service Number: | 784 |
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Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
Born: | Moonta, South Australia, 24 July 1891 |
Home Town: | Moonta, Copper Coast, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 18 August 1916, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Warloy-Baillon, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moonta All Saint's Anglican Church Memorial Honour Roll, Moonta Corporation of The Town of Moonta Roll of Honour, Moonta War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia | |
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20 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 784, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 784, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide | |
18 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 784, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 784 awm_unit: 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-18 |
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"LATE CPL. R. T. SHIELDS.
Cpl. Richard T. Shields, who was killed in France on August 18, was the eldest son of Mr. W. Shields, one of Moonta's oldest residents. Cpl- Shields enlisted at the beginning of the war, and went away with the first soldiers of the 10th Battalion. He served for some months at Gallipoli, and on the evacuation was sent to Malta. From Malta he went to Egypt and joined another unit so that he might go to France with the first contingent. The deceased was 25 years of age, a keen sport, and highly popular." - from the Adelaide Observer 14 Oct 1916 (nla.gov.au)