Richard Joseph ISAAC

Badge Number: 23377, Sub Branch: Parkside
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ISAAC, Richard Joseph

Service Number: 117
Enlisted: 20 June 1915, at Keswick
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: I ANZAC Corps Headquarters
Born: Broken Hill, New South Wales , February 1892
Home Town: Glen Osmond, Burnside, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Pastoralist
Died: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 18 December 1984, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
RSL, Wall 116, Niche B002
Memorials: Myrtle Bank War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

20 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 117, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Keswick
18 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 117, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 117, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
9 Jan 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, I ANZAC Corps Headquarters

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Biography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge

117 - Private Isaac R J 32nd Battalion had backpay owing to hime from the Army April 1919.

Biography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School

Richard's father was John Martin Isaac who married Amelia Ford in 1881. They had six children, Richard being the fourth. At the age of 27, Richard then got married to Eveline Eathorne Williams on the 3rd of December 1919 in Parkside South Australia, Australia. He then had two children, Phyllis Elaine Isaac and Frank Robert Isaac.

Richard served briefly with the 32nd Battalion before being transferred to Anzac Corp HQ due to medical issues. Eventually he was returned to Australia for medical discharge.

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