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PERRY, Richard
Personal Details
Service Number: | 74 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | New South Wales Contingent - Sudan |
Born: | Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia, 31 August 1859 |
Home Town: | Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Carpenter |
Died: | Fever, North Head Quarantine Station, New South Wales, Australia., 23 June 1885, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
Sudan (1885) Service
3 Mar 1885: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 74, New South Wales Contingent - Sudan, Departed from Sydney with much public fanfare due a public holiday being declared to fair well the NSW Sudan Contingent. | |
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23 Jun 1885: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 74, New South Wales Contingent - Sudan | |
23 Jun 1885: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 74, New South Wales Contingent - Sudan, Died at Quarantine Station. |
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