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Richard Claud POWTER

Regimental number2883
Place of birthOrange New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMale nurse
Address95 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation37
Next of kinWife, Mrs Lizzie Newton Powter, 95 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date4 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentLance Corporal
Unit name5th Field Ambulance, C Section
AWM Embarkation Roll number26/48/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A31 Ajana on 31 May 1915
From Embarkation Records it is not possible to distinguish exactly which ship members of this unit sailed on. Two ships left from Sydney: the 'Ajana' on 31 May 1915 carrying three officers and 98 men and the 'Ceramic' on 25 June 1915 carrying three officers and 129 men.
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Field Ambulance
FateReturned to Australia 27 August 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*second given name two spellings Claud and Claude
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance
Date of death14 November 1948

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