DUFFIN, Richard Henry
| Service Number: | 391 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 May 1915, An original of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cumberland, New South Wales, Australia, 11 July 1878 |
| Home Town: | Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Stanmore Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 6 November 1917, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 5 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 391, 19th Infantry Battalion, An original of A Company | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 391, 19th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 391, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Richard Duffin served on Gallipoli from late August until being evacuated sick with dysentery towards the end of the campaign. He was badly wounded in the thigh at Pozieres on the 27 July 1916 and evacuated to England. He didn’t rejoin his unit in France until September 1917, and was killed in action only weeks later, having no known grave.
His younger brother, 856 Pte. George William Duffin, 18th Battalion AIF, a famous Rugby League player, was killed in action at Gallipoli, 22 August 1915, aged 27.
They were both the sons of John and Henrietta Duffin. Their mother had died in 1903, when Richard was about 25 years of age, and their father Jack lived in Manly NSW.