PLUMB, Richard Joseph
| Service Numbers: | 4810, 4810A |
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| Enlisted: | 27 January 1916, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 13 November 1890 |
| Home Town: | Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tram Conductor |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 26 September 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXV D 11A |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Leichhardt War Memorial, Maryborough Queen's Park War Memorial, Maryborough St Mary's College War Memorial, Tinana War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4810, 17th Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 13 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4810, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4810, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 25 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 4810A, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to abdomen. Admitted to 3rd Field Ambulance. Died of wounds the next day. | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 4810A, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4810A awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William Henry PLUMB and Ellen Angelina nee WALSH
Husband of Mrs M L PLUMB, c/o Mrs G Hammond, May Street, Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales
PLUMB.—In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Lance-Corporal Richard Joseph Plumb, who died of wounds in France, September 28th, 1917.
To a grave in France our sad thoughts roam,
To where our boy sleeps far from home :
And though his face we cannot see,
We hold him dear in memory,
And leave him safely in the hands
Of Him who knows and understands.
He had feared no death when honour
summoned him to Britain's aid,
Now he rests in shrouds of glory, every
debt of honour paid.
Inserted by his loving parents, brothers and sister.
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Richard Joseph PLUMB (Service Number 4810A) was born on 13th November 1890 at Maryborough Queensland. He worked as a casual conductor on the Sydney trams from 22nd December 1911. In August 1912 he was made a permanent employee, though he always remained a conductor.
He was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 27th January 1916 and enlisted that same day at the Royal Agricultural Society’s Grounds at Moore Park in Sydney. Plumb was married, and he nominated his wife, Mary Lucy as his next of kin.
He was allotted to the 12th Reinforcements to the 17th Battalion, Plumb embarked HMAT ‘Ceramic’ at Sydney on 13 April 1916. By 28th May he was embarked on HMT ‘Megantic’ at Alexandria (Egypt) for passage to Plymouth (England) where he arrived on 7th June. After some further training he proceeded overseas to France on 10th September, where he was taken on the strength of the 53rd Battalion on 7th October.
He had a few days at the Division Gas School and a fortnight at the Division Rest Camp from which he re-joined his Battalion on 24th June 1917. A couple of months later he had two weeks leave in England at the beginning of September.
Not long after his return he was wounded in action on 25th September and admitted to the 3rd Field Ambulance with a gunshot to his abdomen. He died of those wounds the next day, 26th September 1917.
Plumb was buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Pensions were awarded to his widow, Mary Lucy Plumb, (£2 per fortnight), his child, James Henry Plumb (10/- per fortnight), a step-child, Dorothy Grace Walker, (£1 per fortnight) and another step-child, Georgina May Walker (15/- per fortnight)
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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