PALMER, Richard Gordon Hayes
| Service Number: | 1789 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 January 1915, Townsville, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 7 March 1895 |
| Home Town: | Cowan Cowan, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telegraphist |
| Died: | Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 2 December 1922, aged 27 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 21 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1789, Townsville, Queensland | |
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| 8 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1789, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1789, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Richard Palmer was wounded in the leg at Gallipoli only a few days before the evacuation. His left foot was rendered useless by a shrapnel wound. He was returned to Australia on 3 March 1916, on the same ship as his brother, 475 Private Francis Palmer 9th Battalion AIF, who had also severely wounded in the head during December 1915 at Gallipoli.
Another brother, 2789 Pte Daniel Wallace Palmer, 49th Battalion AIF, was later killed in action at Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917.
Another brother, 3170 Private James Palmer 9th Battalion AIF, was also wounded during 1917 and returned to Australia early 1919.
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