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Richard William Edward CHANDLER

Regimental number505
Place of birthNuna Creek, New South Wales
SchoolMaclean Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFisherman
AddressClyde Street, Maclean, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Richard Chandler, Clyde Street, Maclean, New South Wales
Enlistment date4 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMachine Gun Company 15, Reinforcement 8
AWM Embarkation Roll number24/20/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 22 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Machine Gun Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 April 1918
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialAdelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row S, Grave No. 5), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
176
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Hannah CHANDLER, Maclean, Clarence River, New South Wales. Native of Nana Creek, New South Wales

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