richardson, victor john
DESCRIPTION
Service Number 4253. Died of Wounds 24th July 1916. 1st Australian Field Ambulance, France.TRANSCRIPT
Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494
Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula
Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Richardson, Victor John Service Number 4253
Died of Wounds 24th July 1916 1st Australian Field Ambulance, France
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NAME Richardson, Victor John
SERVICE NO 4253
UNIT 2nd
Battalion
RANK Private
AGE at Enlistment 21 yrs 10 mths
PLACE OF BIRTH Ourimbah
ADDRESS
OCCUPATION Saw Miller
DATE OF ENLISTMENT 5 Sept 1915
PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT
PREVIOUS SERVICE
NEXT OF KIN Mother;- Sarah Ann Brown, Martinsville via Morisset/ Bonville, Coffs Harbour NSW/ Dooralong, via Wyong/
PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION
Height-5’7½”. Weight-138lbs. Chest-35”. Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Hazel. Hair-Auburn.
RELIGION C/E
EMBARKED
DISEMBARKED
NOTES
WOUNDED/ILLNESS 23 Jul 1916 Shell explosion- r/foot blown off compound fractures of both legs + other injuries-Pozieres, France
DIED 24 Jul 1916-1st Australian Field Ambulance.
BURIED Warloy-Baillon Military Cem. Plot 1 Row D Gve 10.- 5 miles W of Albert, by Rev H Maude Roxby
MEDALS British War Medal-27277, Victory Medal-27099. Memorial Plaque & Scrtoll-301360.
DEPENDANTS
PERSONAL EFFECTS 2 identity discs, wallet, brooch, General Birdwood’s Message/
WILL
CORRESPONDENCE Father Uncle (mothers’ brother) Isaac Cottrill, of Ourimbah.
Gosford Times 22nd September 1916 In Memoriam Richardson—In loving memory of Private V.J. Richardson, 2nd Battalion, who died of wounds in France July 24th, 1916. Aged 22 years. Gone is the face we love so dear, Silenced the voice we loved to hear; Fighting for his country he fell, Our hero, we love so well. Inserted by his loving uncle and aunt L. and M. Cottrell, and also cousins Bernie and Decima.
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