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RICHARDSON, William Robert

Service Number:	4529
Enlisted:	14 February 1916, Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Albany, Western Australia , 1891
Home Town:	Albany, Albany, Western Australia
Schooling:	Albany State School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 4 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Albany & Districts Roll of Honor, Albany & Districts Roll of Honour, Albany Drew, Robinson & Company Roll of Service, Albany Methodist Church Honour Roll, Albany St John's Anglican Church Great War Honour Roll, Albany War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

14 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4529, 28th Infantry Battalion, Perth, WA
31 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4529, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
31 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4529, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Fremantle
4 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4529, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , TOS 2 August 1916

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