RETCHFORD  L.C.

Given Names:  Leonard Charles

               

Service Number:  1113

Unit:  Australian Flying Corps, No 4 Squadron, 2nd reinforcements                                    

Rank:  Acting Corporal                                                                                                    

Paybook Number:  210384

 

Age:  18 Yrs   

Occupation:  Signwriter                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Methodist

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8¾ In                  

Weight:  118 Lbs

Chest:  31-34 In

Hair:  Black

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Medium

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  18/9/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Ernest Retchford

37 Belmont Avenue, Kew, Victoria                                                                                    

Embarkation Date:  17/1/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  RMS Omrah

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Orontes 

Embarked:  15/5/1919                               

Disembarked:  23/6/1919

Unit:  Australian Flying Corps                                                                                                         

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant

Discharge Date:  7/8/1919                         

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  62866

Victory Medal:  Not earned

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  3/9/1898

Place:  Auburn, Victoria                           

Father:  Ernest RETCHFORD                   

Mother:  Eva JENKINSON

 

MARRIAGE

Year:              

Place:             

Spouse:  

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 6/7/1964                            

Place: Warrandyte, Victoria                      

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Auburn State School

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  V364506                                     

Date Enlisted:  31/12/1941                                      

Date Discharged:  30/1/1944

 

COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary