TOOGOOD, Richard James
| Service Number: | 2504 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Mitcham, Victoria, Australia, 1 May 1896 |
| Home Town: | Box Hill, Whitehorse, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Potter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 31 July 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Dickebusch New Military Cemetery & Extension, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Box Hill (Shire of Nunawading) War Memorial, Shire of Nunawading Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2504, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 2504, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 2504, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 25 Jun 1916: | Promoted Gunner, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 15 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 31 Jul 1917: | Involvement Driver, 2504, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2504 awm_unit: 2 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1917-07-31 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Driver Richard James Toogood (Service No:2504) enlisted in the AIF on 7 June 1915 and embarked with 8th Infantry Battalion from Melbourne for Egypt on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes. Promoted to Corporal then Driver, he served in France and Belgium with 2nd Field Artillery Brigade. Driver Toogood was KiA in Belgium on 31 July 1917. Siblings Thomas, John and Stephen also served in WWI.
Born in 1896 in Melbourne Victoria, Dick was the seventh of eight children of Henry Toogood (b1846 in Nunawading, Melbourne, Victoria) and Mary McKean (b1857 in Nunawading, Melbourne, Victoria). Henry (a Labourer) and Mary married in 1881 in Melbourne where they settled and raised their family. Henry worked as a Labourer and Carter until his detah in 1901.
Dick worked as a Potter in Melbounre and served with the Senior Cadets and Militia prior to his enlistment in 1915.
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