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Richard Wesley WONG

Regimental number5430
Place of birthMoorina Tasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressRoyal Hotel, Narrandera, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Mrs Emma Jane Wong, Beechworth, Victoria
Enlistment date22 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll22 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 22 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 2 March 1917
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialWarlencourt British Cemetery (Plot VI, Row H, Grave No. 25), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
84
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Bartholomew and Emma Jane WONG
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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