RICHARDSON, Rowland Harcourt
| Service Numbers: | 8208, 11887 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Motor Transport Company |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1 January 1895 |
| Home Town: | Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | 1 January 1961, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF | |
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| 18 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 8208, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 18 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 8208, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement 11887, 4th Motor Transport Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked 11887, 4th Motor Transport Company, HMAT Afric, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
2nd Lt. Rowland Harcourt Richardson was shot down and captured on the 6 October, 1917. He was serving with 102 Squadron RFC at the time, flying two-seater RE8’s. He did not return from a night bombing mission. His observer 2nd Lt. CE Carroll was also captured. He was repatriated to England on 2 January 1919. Richardson had enlisted in the AIF as a 20-year-old in July 1915, and served mainly as a nurse, and in 1916 accompanied a hospital ship on its return to Australia before arriving back in England with the 3rd Division Supply Column and transferring to the RFC in March 1917. He also served in the Australian Army during WW2, enlisting at 46 years of age.
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