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, Qld., 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 | |
| 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.
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