RICHARDSON, Alexander Rupert
| Service Number: | M2/153870 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Royal Air Force - unspecified units |
| Born: | Claremont, Western Australia, Australia, 27 September 1891 |
| Home Town: | Mardella, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Mardella, Western Australia, Australia, 2 September 1955, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Presbyterian-KA-0677 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, M2/153870, Royal Air Force - unspecified units |
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Son of Alexander Robert, and Ellen Bates Richardson (nee Wellard).
Electoral Roll entry - 1916 Lowlands, Serpentine, farmer.
War Service
Along with brother Hubert Lennox, he initially was engaged by the British Red Cross (British Red cross Society & Order of St John Motor Ambulance Unit) as a chauffer in France arriving there on 26 Jul 1915. Another brother, Ian Dacre Richardson, served in the British Air Force.
After leaving the Red Cross on 22 Nov 1915, he was enlisted as a Private with the Royal Army Service Corps as a driver # 153870.
Post War
In 1919 Alexander married Kathleen Louisa Clifton. Kathleen died 13 Oct 1992 in Nedlands, aged 96.
Electoral Roll entries - 1919 - 1925 Lowlands, Serpentine, farmer; 1931 - 1954 Riverlea, Mardella, with Kathleen Louisa.
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