RICHARDSON, Robert Fletcher
| Service Number: | 2903 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Track Worker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 2 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Vaulx Hill Cemetery Vaulx Hill Cemetery, Vaulx, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton St. Peter's Anglican Church Honor Roll, Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Newcastle East Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 2903, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2903, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 2 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 2903, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2903 awm_unit: 56th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Robert Fletcher RICHARDSON (Service Number 2903) was born at Murrurundi in 1885. He had been an apprentice at Arnott’s biscuit factory in Newcastle. However, at the time he enlisted in the AIF. In May 1915, he was a labourer in the construction branch of the NSW Government Railways at Islington.
He enlisted at Liverpool and was allocated to the 7th Reinforcements of the 4th Battalion. In Egypt in February 1916, he was transferred to the 56th Battalion.
He had 11 days in hospital with fever in March.
In June he was sent with his Battalion to France.
In July had another week of illness.
In August was given 28 days ‘Field Punishment No. 2’ for being drunk in his billet. In October 1916 he was again caught drunk and fined 10/-.
On 2nd April 1917 he was killed in action. He was buried in Chafours Wood British Cemetery, five miles NE of Bapaume. After the war his remains were exhumed and were re-interred in Vaulx Hill Cemetery, 6km NE of Bapaume.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.