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VICKERS, Richard Laurence
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4557 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Manchester, England, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Enfield (NSW), Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Seaman |
| Died: | Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, 30 November 1927, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Zone C, Section 10, Grave 461. Commemorated in the NSW Garden of Remembrance |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Apr 1916: | Involvement 4557, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Apr 1916: | Embarked 4557, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney | |
| 1 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 63rd Infantry Battalion, From 18th Battalion | |
| 14 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 18th Infantry Battalion, From 63rd Battalion | |
| 25 Apr 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, For gallantry and dash in a patrol encounter in "No Man's Land" at Pont Rouge on the morning of the 8th March 1918. It was due to the action of Privates Vickers, Marshall and Madden, that the enemy were made to stand. Our patrol, was returning to our lines, covered by the patrol Officer and Privates Vickers, Marshall and Madden, when they noticed a German Patrol, strength about 30, enter an old sap. The Officer went off to organise the main patrol for an assault, whilst the remainder of the covering party engaged the enemy with rifle fire and bombs, which was returned. When the patrol came up, [2333] Sergeant [C.G.] Bishop and Privates Vickers, [2416 W.] Marshall and [2435 J.A.] Madden rushed the trench from a flank and routed the enemy, who cleared off in the darkness, leaving behind 1 wounded and 3 dead Germans. London Gazette on 25 April 1918, page 5037, position 50 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 7 August 1918, page 1658, position 9 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was given as Burwood Road, Enfield, NSW
Son of Elizabeth Vickers of Hath Town, Auches, Manchester, England
Commenced return to Australia on 15 May 1919 aboard HT Ypiringa disembarking on 5 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal