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William Edgar RIORDAN

Regimental number4583
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationSurveyor
Address215 McCrae Street, Bendigo, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 4"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinFather, J Riordan, Bendigo, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date29 July 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll54th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 July 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No II), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
159
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
SPELT RIORDON
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 16 February 1916.

Found guilty, 9 March 1916, of being on 7 March 1916, (1) absent without leave from 1700 hours until 2340 hours, (2) breaking ranks, (3) riotous conduct: awarded 4 days in cells.

Disembarked Egypt, 22 Mach 1916.

Joined 54th Bn, Ferry Post, 1 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19/20 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19/20 July 1916'.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, RIORDAN William Edgar
Red Cross file 2300912

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