RICHARDSON, William
| Service Number: | 882 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 28 July 1886 |
| Home Town: | Wallsend, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Found dead in hut natural causes , Waratah, New South Wales, Australia, 12 July 1948, aged 61 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW |
| Memorials: | Hamilton War Memorial, Wallsend Soldier's Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 882, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 882, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 882, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 882, 55th Infantry Battalion, GSW left leg invalided home | |
| 4 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 882, 55th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Returned Veteran of The Great War, resting in unmarked grave at Sandgate Cemetery, will be officially commemorated with a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip, his Honour and Dignity to be restored.
Private William Richardson, 35th & 55th Battalions (Reg No-882), miner from Pitt Town, Wallsend, New South Wales and 12 Groongal Street, Mayfield West, N.S.W. (living with James Chalmers Bisson, 4th & 56th Battalions, Reg No-2788, who died 1940) and Waratah, N.S.W., was laid to rest on the 30th July 1948, age 61. GENERAL-26. 29.
Died 12.7.1948. found dead in hut. 30.7.1948.
Wooden cross erected - 13.12.2018.
Admitted to hospital 13.11.1916 (edentulous), 24.9.1917 (myalgia), wounded in action - 1.5.1918 (GSW left leg), returned home, invalided, January 1919.
Mr Richardson’s name has been inscribed on the Wallsend Soldiers' Memorial, Wallsend Municipal & District Roll of Honor and the Wallsend & Plattsburg Miners Home Branch (G.U.O.O.F.) Honour Roll.
Older brother Joseph Richardson (35th & 55th Battalions, Reg No-1686, born 1885, died 1964, Boolaroo, N.S.W.) also served 1st A.I.F.
Older brother Thomas Henry Richardson (30th Battalion, Reg No-525, born 1883, died 1963, Burwood, N.S.W.) also served 1st A.I.F.
Younger brother Albert Richardson (1st & 13th Battalions, born 1888, died 1942, Wallsend, N.S.W.) also served 1st A.I.F.
Lest We Forget.
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