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RICHARDSON, Harry Sydney
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1281 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Belvedere, Kent England, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Woolwich Polytechnic. |
| Occupation: | Clerk in cable works at Erith, Kent. |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 9 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Plot VI, Row C, Grave No. 33, Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Dernancourt, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 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: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1281, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 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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Add my storyBiography 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.