ROADS, Richard Leslie
| Service Number: | 184 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Victor Harbor, South Australia, 12 February 1893 |
| Home Town: | Woodville, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Second Valley School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds (received at Gallipoli), At sea (aboard HS Gascon), At sea (HS Gascon), 21 June 1915, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Woodville Saint Margaret's Anglican Church Lych Gate |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 184, Morphettville, South Australia | |
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| 22 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 184, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 184, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide | |
| 21 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 184, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 184 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-06-21 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by James Demasi
Richard Leslie Roads was born in Victor Harbor in 1893. He grew up in the suburb of Woodville, South Australia. Richard finished school but it is unknown where. He became a Labourer and was a member of the 3rd Light Horse.
Richard Leslie Road’s service history
Roads enlisted into the AIF in South Australia on 19th of August 1914
Roads was embarked from Adelaide on the HMAT Port Lincoln on 22 October 1914.
Richard was also involved in the 3rd Light Horse.
The battalion was raised within weeks of the war in August 1914. It set sail two months later to Egypt, arriving in December. The Third Bridge was the covering for the landing of the ANZACs on 25th April 1915. As well as being the first ashore at 4:30am, they played a crucial part in defending the front line. The battalion served there until the evacuation of December 1915.
Richard died aged 21 years from wounds received at Gallipoli on 21 June 1915. He was buried at sea from the Hospital Ship Gascon.
After the withdrawal from Gallipoli, the battalion returned to Egypt.
Biography contributed by Jannette Roads-Stevens
Richard Leslie Roads was baptised in Christ Church on 12 February 1893 and attended the Second Valley School. He,like his father may have worked at one of the mineral mines on the Fleurieu Peninsula, and is thought to have spent some time in one of the mines at Broken Hill. When the First Woeld War broke out Richard Leslie was among the first South Australians to enlist. He joined the Third Light Horse Regiment on 19 August 1914, just fifteen days after war was declared. He sailed on 1 November the same year and arrived in Egypt on 3 December. His regiment was destined for Gallipoli and Richard survived the initial fighting, but was seriously wounded on 21 June 1915. He was transfered to the hospital ship Gascon, but died of abdominal wounds and was buried at sea on 23 June. His death is commemorated at the Lone Pine Memorial. page 79, Roads Across The Ocean, by Douglas Roads Maschmedt.His brother Robert stayed home to keep up the farming tradition.
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