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LATIMER, Richard Leslie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2189 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 May 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gladstone, South Australia, 23 October 1888 |
| Home Town: | Gladstone, Northern Areas, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Gladstone State School |
| Occupation: | Clerk/Accountant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 November 1916, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gladstone Memorial Fountain, Gladstone Public School WW1 Roll of Honor, Gladstone Town and District WW1 Honour Roll, Gladstone War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
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World War 1 Service
| 31 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 27th Infantry Battalion, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 21 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2189, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 2189, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Adelaide | |
| 5 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2189, 27th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2189 awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-11-05 |
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