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HOUSE, Richard Macedon
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 1835, 1835A |
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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 |
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