Samuel RICHARDS

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Other Name:	CROUCH, Sidney Richard - True Name
Service Number:	2972
Enlisted:	28 July 1915, Goulburn, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	14th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Portsmouth, England, March 1886
Home Town:	Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Traveller
Died:	Died of wounds (POW of Germany), Valenciennes, France, 29 July 1916
Cemetery:	Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Sydney Singer Sewing Machine Company's Employees Roll of Honour

28 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2972, Goulburn, New South Wales
30 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2972, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2972, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
20 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2972, 14th Machine Gun Company, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
20 Jul 1916:	Imprisoned Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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