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LANIGAN, Richard Edmund
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 501 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 February 1916, Brunswick, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 39th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Tungamah, Moira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Bendigo State School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Tungamah War Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 501, 39th Infantry Battalion, Brunswick, Vic. | |
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| 27 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 501, 39th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 27 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 501, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John and Mary Lanigan, of Tungamah, Victoria.
Pte. R. Lanigan Killed.
Rev. Father O'Sullivan broke the sad news to Mr John Lanigan, Tungamah, that his son, Pte. Richard Lanigan, formerly of the Bank of Australasia, Tungamah, had been killed at the front. He was 26 years of age and was a young man of much promise, good living and unasuming demeanor. Sincere sympathy is exteded to the bereaved father and sister in their sad hour.