Richard John DARLEY

DARLEY, Richard John

Service Number: 2799
Enlisted: 26 October 1916, Enlisted in Adelaide
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 43rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Quorn, South Australia, 12 August 1886
Home Town: Clapham, Mitcham, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Ypres, Belgium, 11 October 1917, aged 31 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Addenda Panel 59 No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kingoonya & Tarcoola Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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World War 1 Service

26 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2799, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Adelaide
16 Dec 1916: Involvement Private, 2799, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916: Embarked Private, 2799, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Henry Darley and Elizabeth (nee Rein) Darley; brother of William Henry Darley and Alice Maude Darley. Husband of Ethel Florence Darley of 54 Riley Street, Hyde Park, Sydney, NSW 

19 March 1917 - to hospital with Influenza

5 August 1917 - AWOL for a day. Confined to barracks for 14 days

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal