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BIBLE, Richard Herbert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 135 |
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| 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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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 6 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 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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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."
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