ABRAM, Richard
| Service Number: | 207 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 March 1915, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Banks, Southport, England, 18 August 1893 |
| Home Town: | Gnowangerup, Gnowangerup, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Banks Methodist School, England |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli Peninsula, France, 29 July 1916, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gnowangerup War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 207, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 207, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle | |
| 29 Nov 1915: | Wounded Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, Adm. Jaundice ex Gloucester |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Lujun Gao
Richard Abram was born in Banks, Southport, England and grew up with his parents in the Methodist faith.
Abram moved to Australia at the age of 21 years and worked as a farmhand prior to enlisting in with the AIF on the 3rd March, 1915. At the time of enlistment, Richard identified as a man with a fair complexion, blue eyes and brown hair. He was 5 feet and 9 inches, he weighed 160lbs (about 70kg).
Abram, assigned to C-Company in the the 27th Battalion, embarked from Australia to Egypt on the 9th June, 1915, arriving to his training camp on the 2nd July.
Following basic training, Abram was sent to Gallipoli.
During his time at Gallipoli, Abram was treated in hospital for ongoing issues with jaundice from November 1915 to January 1916 and was sent to Alexandria to Moascar medical camp for treatment. Once deemed fit, Abram was dispatched to join the campaign in France. Abram embarked for the Western Front on the 11th March 1916 and disembarked on the 21st March.
Abram was notified as missing in action on 2nd August, 1916 by his commanding officer and declared deceased following a court of enquiry on 4 January 1917. Abram's body was not retrieved.
While serving, Abram often wrote letters to his mother to tell her about his life in war. In one letter he wrote, "I may tell you that we have all a will to make out in case anything should happen to us in the front, so if anything should happen me, I left my will for you mother" (3rd November, 1915).
Biography
ARrived in Australia aged 21 years
28 Battalion
Rank - Private
4 Spetember 1915 - Embarked HT Ivernia for Gallipoli from Alexandria
12 October 1915 - Disembarked ANZAC
23 November 1915 - Suffering from Jaundice
29 November 1915 - To hospital in Malta on board Glouster
21 January 1916 - Admitted to hospital Alexandria - Jaundice
26 January 1916 - Discharged to base
6 March 1916 - Returned to duty - Maoscar
16 March 1916 - Embarked at Alexandria to join B.E.F
21 March 1916 - Disembarked Marseilles
29 July 1916 - Reporting missing
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Son of John and Ann Abram, of Long Lane Banks, Southport, England