Harry Sydney RICHARDSON

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RICHARDSON, Harry Sydney

Service Number:	1281
Enlisted:	1 March 1915
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Erith, Kent, England, 1889
Home Town:	Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling:	Picardy School, Belvedere, Kent, England
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 9 March 1917
Cemetery:	Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Plot VI, Row C, Grave No. 33,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

1 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1281, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1281, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
21 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1281, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Landed ANZAC 1300 hours.
4 Oct 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1281, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW legs and arm
7 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion
7 Nov 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 53rd Infantry Battalion
6 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1281, 53rd Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, Shrapnel wounds head, leg and right arm (fractured radius)
9 Mar 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 1281, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1281 awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-03-09

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Births Jun 1889 Richardson Harry Sydney Dartford 2a 462.

Resident Maida Villa, Belvedere, Kent.

'Chalfort', Glover Street, Mosman in Australia.

Father, Edward Richardson, 12 Hengist Road, Northumberland Heath, Belvedere, Kent, later of Crane Lodge, Cranmore, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Mother- Frances Ann Richardson.

Enlistment date-2 March 1915

Unit, 19th Battalion, D Company

Embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Ceramic on 25 June 1915

Age at embarkation-26

Honoured on the Bexley Roll of Honour.

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