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Richard HALLIDAY

Regimental number3558
Place of birthCanowindra, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressCanowindra, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 2"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs. E. Halliday, Canowindra, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date22 July 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 5 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 20 January 1916
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Andrew Richardson
Discharge date23 March 1916
Family/military connectionsBrother: 6772 Pte John HALLIDAY, 7th Bn, returned to Australia, 4 May 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt

Admitted to 4th Auxiliary Hospital, Abbassia, 8 November 1915 (mumps); discharged to duty, 20 December 1915.

Admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 30 December 1915 (rheumatism: severe); discharged from hospital for return to Australia, 19 January 1916.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HS 'Karoola', 20 January 1916; disembarked Melbourne, 21 February 1916, for onward travel to Sydney; discharged (medically unfit: acute rheumatism and endocarditis), Sydney, 23 March 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death12 May 1930
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, HALLIDAY Richard

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