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Frank RICHARDSON

Regimental number4882
Place of birthHalifax, England
ReligionBaptist
OccupationCarpenter
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Height5' 2"
Weight133 lbs
Next of kinBrother, Mr J W Richardson, 12 Bankfieldville, Haley Hill, Halifax, England
Previous military serviceNil (previously rejected on account of height)
Enlistment date11 November 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 7 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 17), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
168
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Sarah RICHARDSON. Native of Halifax, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Found guilty, at sea, 19 July 1916, of insolence to an Officer: awarded 7 days' confined to barracks.

Taken on strength, 59th Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 20 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presume Buried In No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, RICHARDSON Frank

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