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SPRINGFORD, Richard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 50159 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 January 1918, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Alesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, 4 June 1880 |
| Home Town: | Hesket, Macedon Ranges, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural Causes , Kyneton, Victoria, Australia, 1 April 1953, aged 72 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kyneton Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Romsey Soldiers Honor Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jan 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 50159, Depot Battalion (AIF), Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 21 Mar 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 50159, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Mar 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 50159, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, HMAT Persic, Sydney | |
| 24 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Training Battalion (AIF), Marched in -- ex Australia -- Fovant, England | |
| 31 May 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 50159, 5th Training Battalion (AIF), Allocated -- Reinforcements 22nd Infantry Battalion -- Fovant, England | |
| 18 Aug 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Joined Unit -- T.O.S -- France | |
| 26 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Infantry Base Depot (AIF), Transferred to AIF Depot France for RTA Medical condition Neurosis | |
| 4 Dec 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 50159, 22nd Infantry Battalion, RTA 3MD Melbourne medically unfit Neurosis | |
| 29 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 50159, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharge from service -- Medically Unfit (Neurosis) -- 3MD, Melbourne, Victoria |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Pam Hamilton
Wife Ellen Elizabeth Charlotte Springford (née Mathew's)
1888-1915.
Guardian of Child Whilst deployed :
Mrs A Lyall Daisy Farm Hesket via Woodend Victoria