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William John RICHARDS

Regimental number6098
Place of birthMoonta South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationStorekeeper's assistant
AddressTrafalgar Post Office, Trafalgar, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Richards, Iodide Street, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Enlistment date27 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 7 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 21 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records42
Place of burialSpoilbank Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 4), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
63
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Amelia RICHARDS, 235 Iodide Street, Broken Hill, New South Wales. Native of Moonta, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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