Place of birth | Orange, New South Wales |
School | Wolaroi Grammar School, Orange; All Saint's School, Bathurst; Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales |
Other training | Enrolled as a student in the Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, at the outbreak of the war. |
Address | 'Southmoor', Wentworth Road, Vaucluse, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Edith Richards, 'Southmoor', Wentworth Road, Vaucluse, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served in the University Scouts and the 26th Infantry Regiment, Citizen Military Force. |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 20th Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/37/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 20th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | During convalescence in England he was attached for instruction to the Grenadier Guards, Chelsea Barracks, London. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Pozieres, Somme Sector, France |
Age at death | 26.3 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | Puchevillers British Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 54), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 92 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas and Edith RICHARDS, "Southmoor", Wentworth Road, Vaucluse, Watson's Bay, New South Wales. Native of Sydney, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Brother: Captain Julian Walter RICHARDS MC, 4th Bn, returned to Australia, 11 March 1918. |