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RICHARDSON, Thomas Charles

Service Numbers:	12667, S38197
Enlisted:	24 January 1916, Adelaide
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit:	1st (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Hindmarsh, South Australia, 28 August 1891
Home Town:	Kilkenny, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Natural causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 2 October 1955, aged 64 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Hindmarsh Croydon Church of Christ Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

24 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 12667, 11th Field Ambulance, Adelaide
31 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 12667, 11th Field Ambulance, HMAT Suevic, Adelaide
31 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 12667, 11th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
20 Aug 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Reinforcements WW1
10 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 41st Infantry Battalion
29 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 41st Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", Gassed, Doingt, France
1 Mar 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 41st Infantry Battalion
4 Jun 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 41st Infantry Battalion, HT Bremen, England for return to Australia - arriving 27 July 1919.
4 Jun 1919:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 41st Infantry Battalion
6 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 41st Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

4 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
4 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, S38197, 1st (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
5 Mar 1943:	Discharged
5 Mar 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, S38197, 1st (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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