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Harold William RICHARDS

Regimental number3452
Date of birth3 May 1889
Place of birthWoodville, South Australia
SchoolUniversity College, North Adelaide, South Australia; Woodville Public School and University College, North Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationClerk
AddressBower Street, Woodville, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Richards, Bower Street, Woodville, South Australia
Enlistment date16 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll7 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 27 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 7 July 1918
Place of death or woundingHamel, France
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 4), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
151
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Walter and Emma RICHARDS, Bower Street, Woodville, South Australia
Other detailsWar service: France, Belgium. Twice severely wounded.

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