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HEINRICH, Richard

Service Number:	752
Enlisted:	25 September 1914, Helena Vale, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Shoeing-Smith
Last Unit:	3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
Born:	Murray Bridge, South Australia, 13 November 1888
Home Town:	Mount Barker, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bushman
Died:	Killed in Action, Beersheba, Palestine, 31 October 1917, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Beersheba War Cemetery D. 23.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Barker Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Roll of Honor, Mount Barker War Memorial

World War 1 Service

25 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 752, Helena Vale, Western Australia
19 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 752, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 752, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle
16 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 752, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
31 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 752, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron , Battle of Beersheba, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 752 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Machine Gun Squadron awm_rank: Sh Smith awm_died_date: 1917-10-31

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Biography contributed by Virtual Australia

Born Richard William Heinrich