STRANGE, Richard
| Service Numbers: | 3469, W26472 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29 Garrison Battalion (WA) |
| Born: | Jarrahdale, Western Australia, 3 November 1887 |
| Home Town: | Marradong, Boddington, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Timber Hewer |
| Died: | Boddington, Western Australia, 13 March 1968, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Boddington Cemetery, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Darkan Honour Roll Memorial, Marradong District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3469, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3469, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3469, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3469, 11th Infantry Battalion, embarked Alexandria for Marseilles | |
| 5 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3469, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), France – GSW arm | |
| 5 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3469, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), GSW face, elbow, back and hip | |
| 1 Nov 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3469, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), embarked England for Fremantle on board HT Anchises | |
| 29 Jan 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3469, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W26472 | |
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| 9 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , W26472, 5 Garrison Battalion (WA) | |
| 7 Mar 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , W26472, 29 Garrison Battalion (WA) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Richard Strange (Service No:3469) enlisted in the AIF on 27 July 1915, and was a Private attached to 11th Infantry Battalion on 2 November 1915 when he embarked with his Unit from Fremantle for Egypt - en route for Marseilles - on board HMAT A38 Ulysses. Private Strange was attached to the 51st Infantry Battalion in France - and was WiA on two occasions. In 1916 he suffered a GSW to his arm and in 1917 GSW to his face, back and hip. Private Strange embarked from England for Fremantle on 1 November 1917 on board HT Anchises, and was Discharged on 29 January 1918. In WWII, Private Stange (Service No:W26472) served with the ACMF (5th and 29th Garrison (WA) Battalions) from 9 April 1941 to 7 March 1944.
Richard was born at Mason Hill in Laverton, Western Australia in 1885, only child of Pharoah Richard Strange (b1852 in York, Western Australia) and Frances Wells (b1862 in Perth, Western Australia). Pharoah was a Farm Hand and Farmer in York, Beverley and Boyadine via Darkan.
Richard was a Farmer with his father at Boyadine via Darkan, and in 1911 in Darkan married Ella Bessie Symonds (b1890 in Albany, Western Australia). Richard and Ella lived in Boyadine, and in 1915 Richard was a Timber Hewer in Marradong via Boddington when he enlisted in the AIF. Following his Discharge, Richard and Ella settled in the Boddington district, where they raised their family and Richard was a Timber Hewer in Worsley in the 1920s and a Farmer in Boddington from the late 1920s. In the 1940s Richard and Ella moved to Cannington where Richard worked as a Contractor before retiring to Bickley in the mid 1950s. Ella died in 1966 and Richard in 1968.
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