Reginald Holman RICHARDS

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RICHARDS, Reginald Holman

Service Number:	729
Enlisted:	25 November 1914, Oaklands, South Australia
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	9th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, 24 April 1892
Home Town:	Coonalpyn, The Coorong, South Australia
Schooling:	Moonta Mines Public School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds (received at Gallipoli), Wandsworth, England, United Kingdom, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 17 September 1915, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Wandsworth (Earlsfield) Cemetery, London England Earlsfield Cemetery, London, England, United Kingdom, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill War Memorial, Coonalpyn Honour Roll, Coonalpyn Soldiers Memorial Park Gates, Coonalpyn War Memorial

World War 1 Service

25 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Oaklands, South Australia
6 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 729, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Surada embarkation_ship_number: A52 public_note: ''
6 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 729, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Surada, Melbourne
16 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 729, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 729 awm_unit: 9 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-09-16

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Biography

Embarkation Roll (www.awm.gov.au) incorrectly records middle name as Hohman

"THE LATE PRIVATE R. H. RICHARDS.

Private Reginald Holman Richards died of wounds on September 10 in the Third London General Hospital, Wandsworth, having received his injuries while on active service. He was born in Broken Hill on April 24, 1892. At the age of three months he went to Moonta with his parents. He was educated at the Moonta Mines public school. He remained in Moonta until five years ago, when he went to Coonalpyn with his parents. He enlisted in November last, and left Australia in February in the 1st Reinforcements of the 9th Light Horse. Private Richards spent his 23rd birthday in Egypt, and was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. T. Richards, of Coonalpyn. He was well liked and highly respected by a large circle of friends." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 09 Oct 1915 (trove.nla.gov.au)

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