RICHARDSON  A.H.

Given Names:  Alfred Harold

               

Service Number:  3528

Unit:  7th Battalion, 11th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  34 Yrs  10 Mths

Occupation:  Journalist                                                                                                   

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Baptist

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  11½ In                

Weight:  164 Lbs

Chest:  37-39 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  30/6/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs A H Richardson

Sunning Hill, Cotham Road, Kew, Victoria                                                                             

Embarkation Date:  11/10/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Nestor A71

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Died of disease

Ship:  Beltana  

Embarked:  17/3/1917                               

Disembarked:  Died at sea

Unit:  7th Battallion                                                                                                                       

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:                                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  7418

British War Medal:  21441

Victory Medal:  21365

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1881

Place:  Fitzroy, Victoria                            

Father:  Samuel Alfred RICHARDSON      

Mother:  Bessie Maria WALKER

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 8/4/1917                            

Place: HMAT Beltana A72, en route to Australia,                                                      

Burial:  Buried at sea,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Died at sea en route to Australia of pulmonary tuberculosis

Suffered Enteric Fever, February 1916

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Hollybrook Memorial Southampton, England

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 597376

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

Kew Rotary