Frank Lincoln RICHARDSON

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RICHARDSON, Frank Lincoln

Service Number:	6035
Enlisted:	27 March 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Lincoln, South Australia, 10 September 1882
Home Town:	Bordertown, Tatiara, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Mason
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

27 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6035, Adelaide, South Australia
6 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6035, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
6 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6035, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
21 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6035, 27th Infantry Battalion

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Biography

Father and Mother (nee ____) living at

Wife: Abi Lola Johanna Richardson (nee ________)
lived at 25 Alfred Street, Norwood, SA

4 children:

Described on enlisting as 33 years 5 months old; married; 5' 5 1/4" tall; 136 lbs;
medium complexion; brown eyes; dark brown hair; Church of England.

27/3/1916 Enlisted in Adelaide

19/2/1916 Completed medical fit for service

30/3/1916 Commanding Officer appointed Frank to B Company, 2nd Depot battalion,
Exhibition Camp

6/11/1916        Embarked from Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide on board HMAT Afric A19
                        2nd Lieutenant with the 27th Infantry Battalion, 17th reinforcements
9/1/1917          disembarked into Plymouth, England

5/4/1917 Proceeded overseas to France
7th Training Battalion Rollestone, ex Folkestone England

6/4/1917 reverted to private, Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, France

9/4/1917 Taken on strength into 27th Infantry Battalion, France

14/7/1917         sick to hospital - France
26/7/1917         admitted to 56 Casualty Clearing Station
30/7/1917         admitted to 11th Ambulance Train
30/7/1917         admitted to 5th General Hospital, Rouen, France
19/8/1917         transferred to convalescent depot
27/8/1917         admitted to 11th convalescent depot, Buckley
18/11/1917       Rejoined battlion from being sick, ex France

10/3/1918 admitted sick to hospital in France

17/3/1918 admitted General Military Hospital, Edmonton
fracture of E Olegranon

17/3/1918 Embarked on Ville de Liege, for England, fractured ULNA

17/7/1918 Sick to Sutton Veny Hospital, Fractured Elbow

5/9/1918 marched out to overseas training brigade, Sutton Veny

19/9/1918 sick to hospital clearing station hospital

30/10/1918 marched in from No.2 clearing station, Weymouth

9/11/1918 marched out to overseas training brigade, Sutton Veny

26/1/1919 Returned to Australia, ex England per ‘Ceramic’
6/3/1919 Arrived back into Australia

21/4/1919 Discharged from service

Medals:
British War medal (18170) and Victory medal (17963).

1959 Frank passed away (77 years old)
buried in: Bordertown Cemetery, South Australia

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 16/11/2014. Lest we forget.

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