Richard Childs PART

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PART, Richard Childs

Service Number:	6301
Enlisted:	23 March 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia , 27 December 1891
Home Town:	Bexley, Rockdale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Bexley Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 5 February 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Plot V, Row A, Grave No. 6. AT REST
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

23 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6301, 13th Infantry Battalion
9 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 6301, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
9 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 6301, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Richard Childs Part or ‘Dick’ as he was known to his family and friends, was the son of Herbert William and Meta Porter Part, of Bexley, Sydney, New South Wales.

He only joined the 13th Battalion in France on 2 January 1917, and a month later took part in their famous attack on Stormy Trench on 4 February 1917. In this fight, Captain Harry Murray was awarded the Victoria Cross. The 13th Battalion took and held Stormy Trench in a fight to the death with counter attacking German troops which lasted all night. Part was mortally wounded during the battle but did reach a Casualty Clearing Station only to die of his wounds.

“I knew Private Part, but not very well, he had only joined us at Xmas. He was in my platoon. He was killed at Gueudecourt, in Fritz’s trench -- we had got right across, over 2 or 300 yds, He was killed early on the morning of the 5th, by a shell. It was a very tough job, and he did his work very well, it was his first time in action, Informant: - Sergeant Hardy, 13th Battalion A.I.F.”

“Pte. Part was brought in dead on the 5.2.17. He was wounded (shell), in the head, eye, and chest and died in the Ambulance on the way to this C. C. Station. He was buried in the Communal Cemetery Dernancourt. Letter from: - The Sister in Charge, 56th C. C. Station. 23.7.17.”

Richard Part was noted on enlistment to have had a tattoo of the Australian flag and 'Dardanelles 1915' on his right forearm.

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