RICHARDS , Francis Stanley Ralley
| Service Number: | 224 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, 15 August 1888 |
| Home Town: | Kurri Kurri, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coal Miner |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 18 June 1968, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 224, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 224, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 224, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 18 Mar 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 224, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery, GSW abdomen - France | |
| 18 Sep 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 224, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery, per HMAT Euripedes | |
| 16 Oct 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 224, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Born in Leicestershire, UK Francis was the eldest of 2 sons of Arthur James Richards and Maria Keeling. The family arrived in Brisbane QLD on 5 December 1890 on board the Taroba, settling first in Brisbane QLD then moving to Woolongong NSW by 1898.
Francis married Ethel May Parker in 1909 and worked in Woolongong NSW as a Coal Miner before moving to Kurri Kurri NSW
Francis enlisted in the AIF on 13 June 1916 at West Maitland in NSW, and was a Private (Service No: 224) with 34th Infantry Battalion and then 3rd Division Light Trench Mortar Brigade.
Private Richards was Wounded in Action on 18 March 1917 in Boulogne, France, receiving serious Gun Shot Wounds to his abdomen. He was Discharged on 16 October 1917.
Francis returned to Kurri Kurri in the Hunter valley NSW, working as a Coal Miner before moving to Petersham NSW to work as a Labourer, and then to Coogee NSW working as a Watchman
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