Alfred Edgar RICHARDS MM

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Service Number:	8100
Enlisted:	7 July 1915, Liverpool
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 9 February 1881
Home Town:	Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Burwood Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clothier
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 27 March 1917, aged 36 years
Cemetery:	Vaulx Hill Cemetery II. F. 22.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tamworth ANZAC Park Memorial Gates

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8100, Liverpool
13 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 8100, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney
13 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 8100, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
14 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 8100, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney
14 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 8100, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
27 Mar 1917:	Involvement Private, 8100, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 8100 awm_unit: 13th Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-03-27
17 Apr 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Mouquet Farm, For courage and devotion to duty at Mouquet Farm on 3rd September, 1916, when he attended wounded under very heavy fire and in the open. He displayed admirable courage, never for a moment considering himself or his own personal safety. Again on the 4th September, 1916, it was necessary for the A.M.C. to work in the open where wounded men were passing. Men were continually hit where he was working but he never for a moment desisted from his work.

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