Richard DELAPORTE

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Service Number:	272
Enlisted:	2 March 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bunbury, Western Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sleeper-cutter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 16 September 1915
Cemetery:	Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli.Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Balingup War Memorial Clock, Bunbury War Memorial, Greenbushes War Memorial, W.A.

2 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 272, 28th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 272, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 272, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
16 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 272, 28th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Richard DELAPORTE was born in Bunbury, Western Australia in 1892

His parents were Richard DELAPORTE & Catherine Elizabeth URQUHART who married in WA in 1868