BURROWES, Richard
| Service Number: | 1921 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia, 30 March 1887 |
| Home Town: | Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hillgrove Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 27 October 1917, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bedford House Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium Plot V, Row B, Grave No. 13. DIED FIGHTING FOR KING AND COUNTRY |
| Memorials: | Armidale Memorial Fountain, Moree ANZAC Centenary Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1921, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1921, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1921, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Richard Burrowes was killed by an aerial German bomb landing on his tent at the Belgian Chateau Segard near Ypres, France on 27th October 1917. Some German planes came over the 2nd Battalion camp lines on this date and several bombs hit two or three tents, killing over 20 men outright and wounding many more.
Richard was severely wounded in the legs during the incident and though removed to the 2nd Australian Field Ambulance he died of his wounds shortly after.
He was the son of Richard and Sarah Ann Burrowes of Armidale, New South Wales. His much younger brother, Leslie James Burrowes, enlisted in late 1916 at only 18 years age and returned to Australia in 1919.
Richard served on Gallipoli from June 1915 and was wounded at Lone Pine during August 1915 and evacuated in December 1915 with jaundice.
He was in England for much of 1916 and rejoined the 2nd Battalion in France in early 1917.
He was originally buried in the Ypres Asylum Cemetery before his remains were shifted to the Bedford House Cemetery during 1924. At this time he identity disc was recovered and sent home to his father.
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