RICHARDSON, Ian Dacre
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Royal Air Force - unspecified units |
| Born: | Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 29 May 1896 |
| Home Town: | Mardella, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Scotch College, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Driver with British Red Cross |
| Died: | Pleurisy and Double Pneumonia, Prince of Wales Hospital, London, 5 March 1919, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom V A 1 |
| Memorials: | Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Lieutenant, Royal Air Force - unspecified units |
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Youngest son of Alexander Robert and Ellen Bates Richardson (nee Wellard), of Lowlands, Mardella, Western Australia.
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RICHARDSON, On March 5, 1919 at Prince of Wales Hospital, London, of pelurisy and double pneumonia, Ian D. Richardson, Lieutenant R.A.F. son of A.R. Richardson, Lewlands, WA.
Yalgoo residents were very sorry to hear of the death of Lieut. I.D. Richardson R.A.F., son of Mr. A.R. Richradson, of Loulands (owner of Dajangarra Station, Yalgoo). Lieut. Richardson was on the eve of leaving for home with his brother and cousins. He died of pleurisy and double pneumonia at the early age of 22.
Previous service ( 17 Oct 1916 - 9 May 1917) with the British Red Cross entitled him to British War Medal and Victory Medal.
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