Richard Francis KINCADE

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KINCADE, Richard Francis

Service Number:	2413
Enlisted:	17 May 1916, Ballarat, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bunninyong, Victoria, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Buninyong, Ballarat North, Victoria
Schooling:	Ballarat East Christian Brothers School
Occupation:	Modeller (clay)
Died:	Killed in Action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 20 September 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brown Hill State School No 35 Roll of Honor, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

World War 1 Service

17 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Ballarat, Victoria
20 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2413, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2413, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne

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Biography

"...2413 Private Richard Francis Kincade, 4th Reinforcements, 39th Battalion, of Ballarat East, Vic... Pte Kincade enlisted on 17 May 1916 and embarked aboard HMAT Port Lincoln in Melbourne on 20 October 1916. He was serving with the 8th Battalion when he was killed in action, aged eighteen years, on 20 September 1917, at Polygon Wood.." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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