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POWELL, Richard Gordon
Personal Details
Service Number: | 940 |
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Enlisted: | 12 February 1915, Claremont, Tas. |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Launceston, Tas., 1893 |
Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Bootmaker |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 August 1916 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
12 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 940, 26th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tas. | |
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29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 940, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Corporal, 940, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
It has been officially reported to Mrs. Waters, of 32 Canning-street, that Corporal H. (Gordon) Powell, of the 26th Battalion, has been missing since August 5. Corporal Powell was a well-known Central Harrier and member of the Elphin Soccer Club.