Richard Herbert VAN HEYTHUYSEN

VAN HEYTHUYSEN, Richard Herbert

    Service Number: 20304
    Enlisted: 7 August 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Sapper
    Last Unit: 8th Field Company Engineers
    Born: Newton, New South Wales, Australia, 26 July 1899
    Home Town: Enmore, Inner West Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Sanitary Engineer
    Died: New South Wales, Australia, 15 January 1987, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Rookwood General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia
    Anglican Section 8, Grave 540-541
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    World War 1 Service

    7 Aug 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 20304, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    21 Nov 1917: Involvement Sapper, 20304, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
    21 Nov 1917: Embarked Sapper, 20304, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
    21 Aug 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 8th Field Company Engineers, From Field Company Engineer reinforcements
    13 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 20304, 8th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Richard Gerad Heythuysen and Emily Elizabeth Van Heythuysen nee Gibson of Charles Street, Enmore, NSW.

    Commenced return to Australia on 5 July 1919 aboard HT Port Melbourne disembarking on 21 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1921c Richard married Beulah Hay in Sydney, NSW

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