BERNARD, Richard
| Service Numbers: | 42, 819, 1005 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1864 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 42, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 819, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 42, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900. | |
| 10 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 42, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 returning to Australia aboard Britannic arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901. | |
| 18 Feb 1902: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 819, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 522 notes 1st BACH travelled by rail 26 Jan 1902 to Sydney embarking 18 Feb 1902 aboard Custodian. | |
| 19 Aug 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 819, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 522 notes !st BACH embarked 11 Jul 1902 at Durban returning to Australia aboard Drayton arriving Brisbane 13 Aug 1902, disbanded 19 Aug 1902. |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1005, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Medic, Brisbane | |
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| 2 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1005, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1005, 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Richard Bernard served twice in the South African (Boer) War and again served in WW1. First served as a Private S.N. 42 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen (Boer War), second as a Private S.N. 819 in the 1st Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Boer War), and third as a Private S.N. 1005 in the 2nd Light Horse Regiment (WW1).
Born in 1864 in Fitzroy/Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, he was living and working in Queensland as a Stockman during all of his service periods (1900-1915). It appears that he lowered his age at enlistment on at least one occasion to gain acceptance. On his enlistment papers in 1902 for his second service he noted his age as 36, yet on his third enlistment (WW1) in 1915 (13 years later) his attestation paper noted his age as 42 years 11 months.
(sources AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 480 & 523; National Archives Australia WW1 service record).
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