Richard Herbert BIBLE MiD

BIBLE, Richard Herbert

Service Number: 135
Enlisted: 6 April 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Marrickville, New South Wales (c.1896), date not yet discovered
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Stoker
Died: The Entrance, New South Wales, Australia (aged 82), 15 September 1978, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

6 Apr 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales
25 Jun 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 135, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 135, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
5 May 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 135, 18th Infantry Battalion
1 Nov 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, 135, 5th Machine Gun Company
5 Jan 1919: Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion
5 Apr 1919: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion
15 Mar 1920: Discharged AIF WW1

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Biography

Palmdale Cemetery, NSW - Area: Remembrance Wall, Sec: Side B, Site: B5

Mention in Despatches:

Recommendation date: 9 September 1917

"At Bullecourt, when all the section officers were either killed or wounded he took a prominent part in the fight and handled his guns and men with extreme coolness and dash."