Roy Arthur RICHARDSON

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Service Number:	6572
Enlisted:	19 July 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 10 February 1895
Home Town:	Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Geelong College
Occupation:	Bank Official
Died:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 29 December 1957, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Geelong College WW1 Roll of Honour, New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis), Newtown All Saints Church Honour Roll, Newtown St. David's Presbyterian Church European War Honor Roll

19 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6572, 5th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6572, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6572, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne

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Born on 10 February 1895, the son of Austin Godfrey and Laura Amelia (White) Richardson of Prospect Road Newtown Geelong.

Enlisting on 19 July 1916, he embarked on HMAT A71 Nestor on 2 October 1916.

Roy served in France where he suffered to effects of a gas attack, as reported in the Geelong Advertiser of 21 October 1918.

He returned to Australia embarking on 16 January 1919.

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