TAVENDER, Richard George Rogers Haynes
Service Number: | 2989 |
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Enlisted: | 16 February 1916 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Angaston, South Australia, 23 August 1897 |
Home Town: | Angaston, Barossa, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
Died: | Killed in Action, Noreuil, France, 2 April 1917, aged 19 years |
Cemetery: |
Noreuil Australian Cemetery (Special Memorial B 42) |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Angaston District WW1 Roll of Honour, Angaston Methodist Church & Sunday School WW1 Honour Board, Angaston War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
16 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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6 Nov 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 2989, 50th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' |
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6 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2989, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
2 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2989, 50th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Richard TAVENDER was born on 23rd August, 1897 in Angaston, South Australia
His parents were David George TAVENDER and Fanny HYNE
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and a special memorial erected to soldiers from Angaston, South Austalia (see photo)
His brother Frank David TAVENDER also lost his life in WW1 (SN5729) died in an accident on 26th January, 1918