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RICHARDSON, Stanley Charles

Service Numbers:	S6166, SX15256
Enlisted:	9 October 1940, Naracoorte, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rose Park, South Australia, Australia, 11 November 1918
Home Town:	Naracoorte, Naracoorte and Lucindale, South Australia
Schooling:	Certificate for entry to Secondary School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 2 October 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Location ~ Plot CC. Row B. Grave 10. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE..EVER REMEMBERED"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of West Torrens WW2 Boulevard of Honour, Naracoorte War Memorial, Naracoorte and District Town Hall Honour Board WW2

World War 2 Service

9 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Trooper, S6166, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Naracoorte, SA
27 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX15256, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, Wayville, SA
2 Oct 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX15256, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns

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