Richard James GLEESON

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Service Numbers:	1846, 1726
Enlisted:	23 February 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Machine Gun Company
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Surveyor
Died:	Died post-discharge due to tuberculosis, Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 5 March 1919, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland R.C.2. Block 2. Allotment 9,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)

23 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
10 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1846, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
10 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1846, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
5 Mar 1919:	Involvement Private, 1726, 1st Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1726 awm_unit: 1st Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1919-03-05

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He was 39 and the son of Mr J. Gleeson of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.

He was accepted, after research, for commemoration as Great War dead on 14/09/2010