Jack Lochhead RICHARDSON

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RICHARDSON, Jack Lochhead

Service Number:	NX45217
Enlisted:	19 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/15th Field Regiment
Born:	Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia, 3 March 1918
Home Town:	Mayfield, Waratah, New South Wales
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Barber
Died:	Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Borneo, 4 June 1945, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Gunner, NX45217
19 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX45217, 2nd/15th Field Regiment

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

John (Jack) Lochhead RICHARDSON was born in Cessnock, NSW - his birth was registered in 1921 although he stated he was born on 3rd March, 1918

His parents were John Lochhead RICHARDSON & Elizabeth MacKENZIE

He married Edna Stella GRABER in Mayfield, NSW in 1940 - one son Kenneth RICHARDSON

He was taken as a prisoner of war and died in the Sandakan Camp on 4th June, 1945

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