Richard Macedon HOUSE

HOUSE, Richard Macedon

Service Numbers: 1835, 1835A
Enlisted: 21 September 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 10th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Mount Macedon, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town: Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling: State Schools, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 21 July 1917
Cemetery: Oak Dump Cemetery
Row F, Grave 3. Headstone inscription reads: He cheerfully did his duty
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Next of kin given as his aunt Mary Connell of Roche's Terrace, North Williamstown, Victoria.

Son of Henry Charles House and Elizabeth House nee Kinchinton of Johnson Street, Fitzroy, Victoria.

Brother of Leslie Charles House who was killed in action on 25 October 1917 while serving with the 5th Field Artillery Brigade and was buried in the Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery, Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 6.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal