RICHARDSON, Thomas
| Service Number: | 17792 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 11th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 10 October 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Tincourt New British Cemetery Grave VIII. B. 12. INSCRIPTION BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD , Tincourt New British Cemetery, Tincourt, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 17792, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 May 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 17792, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Marathon, Sydney | |
| 10 Oct 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 17792, 11th Field Company Engineers, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 17792 awm_unit: 11 Field Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-10-10 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 39 and the son of John and Agnes Richardson, of 106, St. Michael St., Dumfries.
He is one of three Australian casualties commemorated on the Dumfries Town memorial which stands outside St John's Church, Lovers Walk, Dumfries. It takes the form of a figure of Scottish soldier in service dress with head bowed and reversed rifle, on square granite monument with a fluted pillar at each corner. There are 216 men listed for World War 1 and 336 for World War 2.
The others being:
Private Thomas James Thomson, Service Number 1115, of the 4th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. who died 11/05/1915.
Corporal James Fleming, Service Number 3520 of the 51st Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. who died 16/08/1916.
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