NEWMAN, Richard
| Service Number: | 948 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 948, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 948, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Edward Robinson
Richard Newman was born in West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia in 1894. A musician by trade he enlisted into the 25th Battalion A.I.F. on 11/3/1915 and was assigned to ‘D’ Company.
He left Australia with the battalion on 29/6/1915 bound for Egypt and then on to Gallipoli landing on 11/11/1915 (?) He was evacuated to Alexandria five days later with pleurisy.
The battalion had deployed to France whilst he was absent and he proceeded to France on 26/5/1916 and was posted to the 1st ANZAC Entrenching Battalion until rejoining the 25th Battalion on 13/7/1916, being posted to 16 Platoon, D Company.
He rejoined just in Time for Pozieres and during the failed night attack of the 28-29th July 1916, he was one of the few who managed to get into the German tranches and badly wounded in the hip with a bullet wound and subsequently passed out.
The survivors of the attack withdrew after losing some 12 officers and 350 other ranks killed or wounded. He was picked up by the German stretcher bearers about 5- 6 hours later. He remained a prisoner of war until the wars end being repatriated to England and Subsequently Australia in April 1919 for discharge.
His next of kin were informed that he had died of wounds whilst a POW in Germany on 13/11/1916 however this was rectified a month later on 19th December. He was confused with Pte J.W. Newman also of the 25th Battalion who died of wounds whilst as POW from the same battle.