RICHARDS, Arnold
| Service Number: | Q13921 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 September 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Bomb Disposal Company (RAE) |
| Born: | Booval, Queensland, Australia , 1 June 1920 |
| Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coach Painter |
| Died: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 25 January 1994, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 5 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q13921 | |
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| 21 Jun 1941: | Involvement Private, Q13921 | |
| 21 Jun 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 2 Jun 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q13921, 1st Bomb Disposal Company (RAE), embarked SS Wandana ex Brisbane to Thursday Island | |
| 27 Mar 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q13921 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Arnold was the third of six children of Joseph Arthur Richards (born 1888 in Gympie, QLD) and Isabella Jane Flannigan (born 1889 in Ipswich, QLD). Joseph - a Coal Miner - and Isabella married in Ipswich, QLD in 1912 and settled there to raise their family.
Arnold was a Coach Painter in Ipswich, QLD when he enlisted in the ACMF in September 1940. He served as a Private (Service No:Q13921) on Thursday Island with 7 Field Coy RAE and 1 Bomb Disposal Coy RAE. Arnold was Discharged in 1945. Brother Leslie (Lance Sergeant; Service Nos;Q60301/QX44859) also served in WWII.
In 1946 Arnold married Doreen Margaret Smeeton (born 1925 in Injune, QLD). They settled in Ipswich where Arnold worked as a Coach Painter. Doreen died in 1967 and Arnold in 1994.
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