TWOPENY, Richard Ernest Nowell
| Service Number: | S76789 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 April 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | King Edward's Horse |
| Born: | Coonatto Station, South Australia, Australia, 25 November 1893 |
| Home Town: | Aldgate, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | St Peter's College, Adelaide South Australia |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Aldgate, South Australia, Australia, 8 April 1946, aged 52 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Stirling District Cemetery, S.A. |
| Memorials: | Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board, Quorn Remembrance of Those Who Served in the Great War Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Jan 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, Unspecified British Units |
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World War 2 Service
| 21 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Private, S76789, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 21 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, S76789 | |
| 22 Apr 1942: | Involvement S76789 | |
| 13 Oct 1945: | Discharged Warrant Officer Class 2, S76789, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA) |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Apr 2015: | Enlisted Other Commonwealth Forces, Lieutenant, King Edward's Horse, Discharged 13 April 1920 | |
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| Date unknown: | Involvement King Edward's Horse |
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Richard Ernest Noel Twopeny MC and bar, served with King Edward’s Horse during the great war
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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
BAR TO MILITARY CROSS
Our London correspondent cabled on Wednesday : Lieut . R.E.N. Twopeny a South Australian, of King Edward's Horse, has been awarded a bar to his Military Cross for gallantry in leading troops when all of his superior officers had been disabled. Lieut. Twopeny is a son of Mr. Twopeny, M.P., who was recently elected to represent the District of Newcastle in the House of Assembly, and is a former Scholar of St. Peter's College. - August 1917
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