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RICHARDSON, James Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6588 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, 20 June 1887 |
| Home Town: | Dubbo, Dubbo Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dubbo Memorial Drive & Rose Garden, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6588, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6588, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6588, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
James simply went missing in the heavy fighting at Bullecourt on 11 April 1917.
His younger brother 1971 Pte. Thomas Alfred, Richardson 34th Battalion AIF, was killed in action a few months later on 23 July 1917, aged 25. Neither brother has a known grave.
A third brother, Trooper Jack Richardson returned home to Dubbo in late 1917 after sustaining a gunshot wound to the neck in Palestine.
They were the sons of Robert Patrick and Margaret Richardson, of Dubbo, New South Wales.