Richard Walter AHEARN

AHEARN, Richard Walter

    Service Number: 308
    Enlisted: 29 March 1915
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 21st Infantry Battalion
    Born: Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 4 September 1891
    Home Town: North Fitzroy, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Motor Driver
    Died: Natural causes, Wodonga, Victoria, Australia, 22 July 1956, aged 64 years
    Cemetery: Wodonga Cemetery, Victoria
    ANG-E-068
    Memorials:
    Show Relationships

    World War 1 Service

    29 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 308, 21st Infantry Battalion
    10 May 1915: Involvement Private, 308, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    10 May 1915: Embarked Private, 308, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    2 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 308, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Torpedoing of HMT Southland by German submarine UB14.
    15 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 308, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Mention in Special Order by Commander in Chief for work done in assisting HMT Southland into Mudros after being torpedoed in the Aergean Sea on 2 September 1915.
    6 Dec 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 21st Infantry Battalion
    17 Mar 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 21st Infantry Battalion
    26 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 308, 21st Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, Shell wound neck
    7 Feb 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 308, 21st Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit

    Help us honour Richard Walter Ahearn's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

    Showing 2 of 2 images.
    Click images to start slideshow.

    Links and Documents