Richard Keys (Dick) HETHERINGTON

HETHERINGTON, Richard Keys

    Service Number: 39306
    Enlisted: 9 October 1917, Rockhampton, Qld.
    Last Rank: Gunner
    Last Unit: Field Artillery Brigades
    Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 20 May 1899
    Home Town: Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Caboolture, Queensland, Australia, 11 January 1971, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
    Columbarium 12, Section 3
    Memorials: Winton & District Roll of Honour WW1, Winton Waltzing Matilda Centre Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    9 Oct 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 39306, Field Artillery Brigades, Rockhampton, Qld.
    30 Apr 1918: Involvement Gunner, 39306, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Darwin embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    30 Apr 1918: Embarked Gunner, 39306, Field Artillery Brigades, SS Port Darwin, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of Charles Shannon HETHERINGTON and Annie nee HEALY

    Husband of Madge Beverley HETHERINGTON nee McMILLAN

    After the war, Dick returned to Western Queensland and married Madge McMillan.  It is belived that Dick worked at the Winton Wool Scour, and was said to have a beautiful singing voice.  They had no children, and after Madge's sudden death in 1957, dick later retired to Caboolture, where he was living in the RSL Eventide home in 1967.

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