RITCHIE, Robert Thomas
| Service Number: | 3168 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Redfern, New South Wales, Australia , date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 24 December 1963, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
St Bartholomew's Anglican Cemetery, Prospect, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 3168, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 3168, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sean Ritchie
Robert Thomas Ritchie was a fighter that fought in World War 1. Robert Thomas Ritchie died on the 24th of December 1963. Robert Thomas Ritchie was born in New South Wales, was raised in New South Wales and lived in New South Wales.
Robert Thomas Ritchie had a wife by the name of Lena Florence Diggers, together they had one child by the name of Elmer Theo Ritchie. Robert also had a brother called Donald Norman Hill Ritchie who died on the 17th of March 2005 aged 74 he was then buried in Pinegrove Memorial Park.
During Robert Thomas Ritchie's adventures with the war he contracted trench fever not once but twice and was shipped to hospital twice, he then tried to enlist once again into the war but was not allowed in for medical unfitness. It seems as though either Robert Thomas Ritchie was very determined to make a name for himself or just wanted to do the right thing as he tried to join the fighting twice and didn't give up.
Before the war Robert worked as a labourer down in New South Wales. After the war Robert settled down, he got married, he had a child and continued to live in New South Wales. Robert Thomas Ritchie was rewarded with two medals form his participation in the war. One of the medals was the British War Medal. The British War Medal was a campaign medal which was awarded to officers and men of British and Imperial forces for their service in the First World War. The other medal that was awarded to Robert Thomas Ritchie was the Victory Medal. The Victory medal was made to commemorate the victory of the Allied Forces over the Central Powers.
All in all Robert Thomas Ritchie served his time in the war and did quite well after it starting his own family. He did very well.