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Richard Harold TANNER

Regimental number313
Place of birthLeighterton, nr Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England
SchoolColston School, Bristol, England
Age on arrival in Australia27
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressRailway Hotel, Tenra, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinW J Tanner, 18 Nettleton Road, New Cross Gate, London, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularMigrated alone to Australia.
FateDied of wounds 24 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot IX, Row F, Grave No. 16), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
42
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Charlotte TANNER. Native of Walton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England

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