RICKMAN A.

Given Names:  Arthur

Service Number:  3238

Unit:  24th Battalion, 7th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  24138

Age:  27 Yrs  1 Mth

Occupation:  Traveller                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6 In                     

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  34½-37½ In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Sallow

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  9/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  AUNT  Mrs Mary Lane

Bangarang Post Office, Warracknabeal, Victoria                                                                

Embarkation Date:  26/11/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Commonwealth A73

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Castalia 

Embarked:  13/4/1919                               

Disembarked:  30/5/1919

Unit:  24th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Lance Corporal

Discharge Date:  22/7/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  30658

Victory Medal:  30448

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1888

Place:  South Melbourne, Victoria            

Father:  William Carol RICKMAN              

Mother:  Mary FLETCHER

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

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Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

* Lived at 165 Wellington Street, Kew in 1914; advised permanent address in England in 1924

FURTHER INFORMATION