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RICHARDSON, Frederick James
| Service Number: | 5641 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Crowborough, Kent, England, 15 August 1894 |
| Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Public School in Norwood |
| Occupation: | Printer |
| Died: | Ilness, Adelaide, Australia, 23 February 1960, aged 65 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Rose Park Gartrell Memorial Methodist Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5641, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5641, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5641, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
| 2 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5641, 27th Infantry Battalion, James was wounded after revieving severe gunshots to the leg. | |
| 2 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5641, 27th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by St Ignatius' College
James Frederick Richardson was born on the 15th of August 1894 and grew up in Norwood, Adelaide, South Australia. He was educated in a public school in Norwood.
James' occupation before the war started was a printer. He was 21 years and 2 months old when he enlisted for war which was quite young. As a printer he would have a good pay. James would work as much as he could to support himself and his wife. James was married to Ivy May Richardson who was also born and lived in Norwood, Adelaide, South Australia. They did not have any children. James’s height was 5.4 feet which is quite short compared to other people that enlisted for the war. The religion that James believed in was Methodist. The ship that James embarked on was the Ballarat HMAT A70 it left on the 28th of August 1916. His rank from the nominal roll was a Lance Corporal.
The battalion that James enrolled in was the 27th Infantry Battalion. The 27th Infantry Battalion began in March 1915, many of the people who enrolled lived in the districts mainly in South Australia. When the Battalion embarked on the 28th of August they were bound for Egypt. In September of that year they arrived in Gallipoli. In Gallipoli many evacuations were happing as a cause of bad hygiene and diseases, which wouldn’t make things easy for them when they had to battle in Gallipoli.
In 1916, the battalion entered the battle of the Somme, along with the 28th Infantry Battalion. They were the front line throughout the battle of the Somme. Which would be very nerve-wracking. They then arrived in Marseille, France on the 9th of April 1916.
During battles, James was severely sick and was eventually rushed to hospital on the 2nd of June 1917. After struggling in hospital for a month, on the 7th of July 1917.So as James rejoined his batallion, the 27th Infantry battalion on the 20th of February 1918, and on the 9th of August he was wounded in action which is not a good sign as he just came out of hospital the year before.
James returned to Adelaide, Australia on the 20th of November 1918 through the ship HT Suevic.
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