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Gordon Francis Bute RICKARDS

Regimental number1718
Place of birthBundaberg Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStockman
AddressStock Exchange Hotel, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMrs A E Rickards, Tinana, Maryborough, Queensland
Enlistment date4 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 3, Battery 7
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/31/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A22 Rangatira on 25 September 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 1 January 1917
Place of burialBulls Road, (Plot III, Row H, Grave No.26), Flers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
17
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert Eneas and Selah E.J. RICKARDS. Native of Toweran Station, Queensland

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