Gordon Francis Bute RICKARDS

RICKARDS, Gordon Francis Bute

Service Number: 1718
Enlisted: 2 September 1914, Brisbane
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 11th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 22 March 1889
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Gatton College, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Stockman
Died: Killed in Action, France, 1 January 1917, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers
III H 26, Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough City Hall Honour Roll, Maryborough St. Paul's Anglican Church Book of Remembrance, Tinana War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

2 Sep 1914: Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1718, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Brisbane
25 Sep 1914: Involvement Driver, 1718, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Rangatira embarkation_ship_number: A22 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1914: Embarked Driver, 1718, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Rangatira, Brisbane
1 Jan 1917: Involvement Sergeant, 1718, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1718 awm_unit: 11th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-01-01

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Gordon Francis Bute RICKARDS was born on 22nd March, 1889 in Bundaberg, Queensland

His parents were Robert Ernest RICKARDS and Selah Elizabeth Jeffries HUME