Richard Henry ESLICK

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Service Number:	1628
Enlisted:	29 December 1915, Bathurst, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Mount Lambie, New South Wales, 11 December 1890
Home Town:	Mount Lambie, Rydal, New South Wales
Schooling:	Mount Lambie Public School
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Meadow Flat Great War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Portland District War Memorial

29 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1628, Bathurst, New South Wales
14 Apr 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1628, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
14 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1628, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1628, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle of Messines

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