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Clifford Sydney RICHARDS

Regimental number18530
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolSydney Grammar School, New South Wales
ReligionJewish
OccupationClerk
Address'Normanville', Bondi Road, Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Richards, 'Normanville', Bondi Road, Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military service44th Infantry; Served as a Lieutenant in the Senior Cadets.
Enlistment date20 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 7, Battery 25
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/35/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 11 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 16 September 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialPerth Cemetery (China Wall) (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 6), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
15
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Solomon and Julia RICHARDS, "Normanville", Bondi Road, Bondi, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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