Richard Belvedere TABER

TABER, Richard Belvedere

Service Number: NX13284
Enlisted: 26 April 1940
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion
Born: Barmedman, New South Wales, Australia, 17 December 1915
Home Town: Barmedman, Bland, New South Wales
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Bread Carter
Died: Died of Wounds, New Guinea, 10 May 1945, aged 29 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
Plot QQ, Row B, Grave 15
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

26 Apr 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, NX13284, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion
10 May 1945: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, NX13284, 2nd/4th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed

Richard Belvedere TABER was born in Barmedman in NSW on 17th December, 1915

His parents were Henry Edward Lewis TABER & Millicent  Elizabeth WRIGHT who married in Sydney in 1913

He married Maidie Evelyn SHEIL in 1944 - registered in West Wyalong

He had previously served in the B Company of the 56th Infantry Battalion before enlisting in the 2/4th Infantry Battalion

Richard died of wounds in New Guinea on 10th May, 1945