INCH, Richard Jeffrey
| Service Number: | 691 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 March 1901 |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd New South Wales Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Hill End, New South Wales, Australia, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Blayney, Blayney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Drowned, At sea near Hobart, Tasmania, 13 June 1902 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blayney Boer War Memorial (Rededicated) |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 691, 3rd New South Wales Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 4 Mar 1901: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 691, 3rd New South Wales Imperial Bushmen |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Richard Jeffrey INCH was born in Hill End, NSW in 1877
His parents were David INCH & Hannah PATTERSON who married in Hill End in 1877
He served as a Trooper with the 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen & was returning to Australia on the transport ship Manila on 13th June 1902 and was suffering from insanity due to sunstroke when he jumped overboard & drowned - he refused an attempt to rescue him with a lifebuoy & drowned near Hobart, Tasmania
Medals: Queens South Africa Medal with 5 clasps
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His brother Victor William INCH who was in New Zealand at the time he enlisted to serve in WW1 was awarded a Military Medal
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