KING, Richard Stephen
| Service Number: | 1164 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 14 December 1882 |
| Home Town: | Aberdare, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mud Corner Cemetery, Wallonie, Belgium Plot I, row A, Grave No. 5 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1164, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1164, 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, 1164, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 1164, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1164 awm_unit: 34th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-06-07 |
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From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 7th June 1917, Lance Corporal Richard Stephen King, referred to as Dick, 34th Battalion (Reg No-1164), miner (Abermain No.2 Colliery), from Greta Street, Aberdare, New South Wales, father of one (Margaret Martha (Nin), born 9.4.1914, Cessnock, N.S.W., died 31.10.1916, Kendall Street, Lambton, N.S.W., age 2 Years 6 Months, a Bud in Heaven, sleeping here), was killed by an enemy artillery shell, Battle of Messines, Belgium, age 34th years 6 months.
No Roll of Honour circular summited.
Born at Richmond River, New South Wales on the 14th December 1882 as Stephen Richard to Richard Stephen (died? and Martha King, died?, from Nelson Street, South Brisbane, Queensland; husband of Vera Ethel King nee Mowett, married 1913, Kurri Kurri, N.S.W., remarried to William Craig, 12.3.1919, Wickham, N.S.W., an Original Anzac, enlisted 25.9.1914, 13th Battalion, Reg No-145, RTA 2.12.1918, Special 1914 Leave, 45th Battalion, died?, Vera died 22.11.1919, Newcastle Hospital, N.S.W., sleeping here, name not listed on Sandgate Cemetery database or Find a Grave) from Kendall Street, Lambton, New South Wales (1917) and 48 & 50 Fleming Street, Wickham, N.S.W., Dick enlisted on the 10th January 1916 at West Maitland, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A20 Hororata the on 2nd May 1916.
LCpl King is resting at Mud Corner British Cemetery, Belgium. Plot I Row A Grave 5.
Place of Association - Aberdare, New South Wales, Australia.
Dick’s name has been inscribed on the Cessnock War Memorial, Aberdare Cemetery-Memorial Entrance Gates and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
Dick has been memorialised at the King gravesite, and I have placed poppies in remembrance of their husband and father’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. ANGLICAN 1-62. 20.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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