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RITCHIE, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 219 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Montrose, Scotland, 6 January 1899 |
| Home Town: | Coonamble, Coonamble, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gamekeeper at Blackhall Castle, Deeside. |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Egypt, France, 4 August 1916, aged 17 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kantara War Memorial Cemetery Row B Grave 32, Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Suez Canal, Egypt, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 219, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 219, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 27 and the son of James and Mary Ritchie, of Minie House, Belhelvie, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Remembered in Scotland:
Dyce Roll of Honour: Page 9.
Dyce, Aberdeenshire War Memorial
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