Richardson, Victor John

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Richardson, Victor John Service Number 4253

Died of Wounds 24th July 1916 1st Australian Field Ambulance, France

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NAME Richardson, Victor John

SERVICE NO 4253

UNIT 2nd

Battalion

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 21 yrs 10 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Ourimbah

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Saw Miller

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 5 Sept 1915

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Mother;- Sarah Ann Brown, Martinsville via Morisset/ Bonville, Coffs Harbour NSW/ Dooralong, via Wyong/

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’7½”. Weight-138lbs. Chest-35”. Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Hazel. Hair-Auburn.

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED

DISEMBARKED

NOTES

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 23 Jul 1916 Shell explosion- r/foot blown off compound fractures of both legs + other injuries-Pozieres, France

DIED 24 Jul 1916-1st Australian Field Ambulance.

BURIED Warloy-Baillon Military Cem. Plot 1 Row D Gve 10.- 5 miles W of Albert, by Rev H Maude Roxby

MEDALS British War Medal-27277, Victory Medal-27099. Memorial Plaque & Scrtoll-301360.

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS 2 identity discs, wallet, brooch, General Birdwood’s Message/

WILL

CORRESPONDENCE Father Uncle (mothers’ brother) Isaac Cottrill, of Ourimbah.

Gosford Times 22nd September 1916 In Memoriam Richardson—In loving memory of Private V.J. Richardson, 2nd Battalion, who died of wounds in France July 24th, 1916. Aged 22 years. Gone is the face we love so dear, Silenced the voice we loved to hear; Fighting for his country he fell, Our hero, we love so well. Inserted by his loving uncle and aunt L. and M. Cottrell, and also cousins Bernie and Decima.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8032302


























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