ZELLER, Richard
| Service Numbers: | 693, 693A |
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| Enlisted: | 14 November 1916, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dalby, Queensland Australia, 23 March 1884 |
| Home Town: | Chinchilla, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 17 October 1929, aged 45 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springsure Cemetery |
| Memorials: | "The Monument" Cloncurry, Camooweal Barclay Tablelands WW1 Roll of Honor, Mount Isa War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 693, 12th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD | |
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| 21 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 693, 12th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 693, 12th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne | |
| 9 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion, From 12th Machine Gun Company | |
| 8 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 42nd Infantry Battalion, From 47th Battalion | |
| 26 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 693A, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Letter A added when taken on strength with the 42nd Batalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Zeller and Ann Zeller nee Nixon of Chinchilla, QLD.
Brother of Alfred Zeller who returned to Australia on 20 August 1919 having served with the 8th Field Company Engineers; Thomas Zeller who was killed in action on 7 October 1917 and is buried in the Tyne Cot Cemetery, Plot XX111, Row A, Grave 6; George Herbert Zeller who died of wounds on 9 Apirl 1918 while serving with the 25th Battalion and is buried in the Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Plot 1V, Row E. Grave 3.
Returned to Australia on 15 February 1919 aboard HT Karmala disembarking at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal