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Clarence RICARDO

Regimental number5177
Date of birth12 August 1898
Place of birthFitzroy North, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBootmaker
Address640 Nicholson Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18.5
Height5' 5"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinFather, Mr S Ricardo, 640 Nicholson Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years in the Junior Cadets.
Enlistment date5 February 1916
Place of enlistmentBrunswick, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 24 January 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date24 April 1919
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3850 Pte Reuben Rupert RICARDO, 29th Bn, killed in action, 9 October 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Commenced return to Australia from Devonport on board HT 'Delta', 24 January 1919; discharged (medically unfit: gun shot wound, right thigh, slight), Melbourne, 24 April 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death25 April 1977
SourcesNAA: B2455, RICARDO Clarence

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