Richard Baker MANNING

MANNING, Richard Baker

Service Number: 720
Enlisted: 15 February 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 43rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Norwood, South Australia, May 1896
Home Town: St Peters (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Norwood, South Australia, 22 July 1936, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
Section: LO, Road: 3S, Site No: 37
Memorials: Norwood Primary School Honour Board, Richmond West Adelaide Football Club War Veterans Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

15 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 720, Adelaide, South Australia
9 Jun 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 720, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
9 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 720, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
5 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 720, 43rd Infantry Battalion
Date unknown: Wounded 720, 43rd Infantry Battalion

Richard Manning

Name: Richard Baker Manning
Service Number: 720
Place of Birth: Norwood
Date of Birth: May 1896
Place of Enlistment: Keswick
Date of Enlistment: 15 February 1916
Age at Embarkation: 21
Marital status: Single
Next of Kin: Father
Occupation: Labourer
Religion: Church of Christ
Rank: Sergeant
West Adelaide Football Club involvement: Richard played 4 games for WAFC in 1921. He made his debut on 7 May.
Biographical details:
Richard did his basic training with C Coy, 2nd Depot Battalion as a private, prior to transferring to the 43rdBattalion. On 25 June 1916 he was hospitalised for 7 days with fatigue. On 7 August Richard was promoted to Lance Corporal. His unit was sent to France on 25 November. He was accidentally injured during a football match on 12 March 1917. Richard was granted leave in England from 18 February and rejoined his unit on 7 March 1918. He attended NCO’s school and rejoined his unit in France at the end of March. Shortly afterwards he was appointed Sergeant.
During action in France, Richard was shot in the shoulder on 1 September 1918 and was invalided to England on 5 September for treatment. Richard returned to Australia on the Ascanius on 9 February 1919 and was discharged on 5 May. He died on 22 July 1936 aged 40 and was buried at West terrace Cemetery Adelaide.

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From How We Served

720 Sergeant Richard Baker Manning of Saint Peters, South Australia had been employed as a labourer when he enlisted for War Service on the 15th of February 1916 and was allocated to reinforcements for the 43rd Battalion 1st AIF.

Richard embarked for England and further training on the 3rd of June 1916, and after recovering from illness whilst on the ship over and further hospitalisation on his arrival, he was sent to France on the 25th of November, and after more training he reached his Unit in the trenches on the 18th of February 1917. Richard’s service in France would be continuous in the field, aside a period recovering from slight injury to his thighs in April due to an accident, and attending schools of instruction.

By the 9th of February 1918 Richard was back with his Unit in the trenches, and was granted leave to England on the 18th of February, from which he returned to his Unit on the 7th of March. Shortly after his return to the trenches he was sent to an NCO’s school on instruction but was back with his Unit by the end of the month. From then on until he was wounded in action by a gunshot wound to his shoulder on the 1st of September Richard’s field service had been uninterrupted. Returned to England for hospitalisation, Richard was not to return to France and by the 28th of March 1919, with the War now over Richard arrived back in Australia as an invalid and was formally discharged from the 1st AIF on the 5th of May 1919.

Richard was re-entered into civilian life, with his untimely death occurring on the 22nd of July 1936 at the age of 40, following which he was formally laid to rest within West Terrace Cemetery, South Australia.

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