RICHARDSON, George Edward
| Service Number: | 198 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 January 1916, Enlisted at Newcastle |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 8 August 1891 |
| Home Town: | Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 March 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres Plot V, Row A, Grave 9 Headstone inscription reads: Our Australian hero at rest |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton Newcastle District Tramways Roll of Honor, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Merewether Public School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 198, 35th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Newcastle | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 198, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 198, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James William and Elizabeth Eliza Richardson of 19 Henry Street, Merewether, NSW; later of Chinchen Street, Islington, NSW
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by John Oakes
George Edward RICHARDSON (Service Number 198) was born in Islington, a suburb of Newcastle, on 8th August 1891. He joined the Tramways in Newcastle as a temporary labourer on the permanent way in July 1914, and was made permanent in December 1915. In January 1916 he was released from duty to join the AIF in Newcastle.
He was allotted to the 35th Battalion (‘Newcastle’s Own’). He embarked from Sydney in May 1916 and was landed in England in July.
In November he was sent to France.
On 25th March 1917 was killed in action. He is buried in the Cité Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentières.
A war pension was granted by the authorities to his father.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney central Station Honour Board.
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