LUSCOMBE R.O.
Given Names: Richard Otto
Service Number: 213
Unit: 21st Battalion, A Company
Rank: Private
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Age: 19 Yrs 3 Mths
Occupation: Lead Lighter
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Church of England
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height: 5 Ft 8½ In
Weight: 136 Lbs
Chest: 33-35 In
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Brown
Complexion: Fresh
ENLISTMENT
Date Enlisted: 18/1/1915
Place: Melbourne
Next of Kin: BROTHER Charles J Luscombe
116 Peel Street, Kew, Victoria
Embarkation Date: 10/5/1915
Port: Melbourne
Ship: HMAT Ulysses A38
END OF WAR
Status: Died of wounds
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MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star: 19179
British War Medal: 11750
Victory Medal: 11668
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BIRTH
Date or Year: 1895
Place: Ballarat/Warrenheip, Victoria
Father: John James LUSCOMBE
Mother: Lucy Albertina SORGENFOEY
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DEATH
Date or Year: 23/10/1917
Place: No. 1 Canadian General Hospital, France
Burial: Etaples Military Cemetery, France
SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
Wounded in action 31/7/1916; shrapnel wound, left ankle
Died of wounds in action 4/10/1917 (Passchendaele Ridge); shrapnel wound, right hand and the back (which penetrated both lungs)
Suffered trench feet/frost bite at Gallipoli
MEMORIALS
Kew War Memorial
Australian War Memorial
Memorial Plaque: 366059
WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE
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