RICHARDS, Harry Sampson
| Service Number: | 28294 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 12th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Kent Town, South Australia, 1 March 1894 |
| Home Town: | St Peters (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Norwood Public School, South and Muirden College, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 1 October 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
The Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Norwood Primary School Honour Board, Norwood St Bartholomew's Anglican Church Honour Roll, South Australian Education Department Roll of Honour, St Peters Heroes War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Feb 1916: | Enlisted | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 28294, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 28294, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 1 Oct 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 28294, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 28294 awm_unit: 12th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-10-01 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Gunner HARRY S. RICHARDS was killed in action on October 4. He went into camp on February 14, 1916, in the Army Service Corps, and asked for transfer to the artillery. After going through the usual course in Melbourne he left for England on October 16 last year. Then a further school was attended, and he passed examinations for a first-class gunner. He was edu cated at the Norwood Public School. and Muirden's College, and he passed the Civil service examination. He was employed in the Education Department under Mr. L. W. Stanton, I.S.O., who speaks very highly of the services he rendered. He was a member of St. Bartholomew's Church, Norwood.
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