Richard BEST

BEST, Richard

Service Number: 4130
Enlisted: 23 August 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born: Snowtown, South Australia , 29 December 1877
Home Town: Hamley Bridge, Light, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Cerebro Spinal Memingitis, Heliopolis Hospital, Cairo, Egypt., 12 February 1916, aged 38 years
Cemetery: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

23 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Date unknown: Involvement 4130, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

 

True name stated to be Richard Meyer Best 

His Brother, Private 4022 Frederick Albert Best of the 32nd Battalion was killed in action on 19 February 1918.