John Francis RICHARDSON

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RICHARDSON, John Francis

Service Number:	59953
Enlisted:	31 July 1942, AFHQ Telecom Unit
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	RAAF Telecommunications and Communications Units
Born:	North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 March 1924
Home Town:	Elwood, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Ground Accident), Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, Caulfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 October 1945, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 2.S.C.5, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 59953
31 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, RAAF Telecommunications and Communications Units, AFHQ Telecom Unit
31 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 59953

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Leslie Gordon and Esther Irene May Richardson of Elwood, Victoria

LAC Richardson was killed in a Motor Vehicle Accident at Caulfield, Victoria

(NAA file header) Hubbard, Ronald Leslie CPL 27788 & Richardson, John Francis LAC 59953 - Court of Inquiry re Injuries Sustained by the former and fatal Injuries by the latter at Caulfield 19.10.45 (Corporal Hubbard was discharged from the RAAF in June 1946)

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