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CHASE, Richard Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 691 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 October 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | St Lucia, West Indies, 1867 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Sallash Grammar School, Cornwall, England |
| Occupation: | Civil Servant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 28 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 691, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 691, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 691, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 24 years
Son of Richard Henry and Susan Ifill Chase of 185 Adelaide Terrace, Perth, WA. Brother of L. Chase UC CB who died at Ivetta, Belouchistan prior to the War , E.E. Chase of Perth, WA and L.B. Chase of Perth, WA
Commemorated in the St George Cathedral, Perth, WA
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Bechuanaland Field Force in 1884; Natal Mounted Police; 2 Western Australian Contingent and Scottish Horse, Boer War 1900-1902
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