Regimental number | 3261 |
Place of birth | Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Grocer's assistant |
Address | Penola, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Height | 5' 10.25" |
Weight | 150 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Elizabeth Rickard, Penola, South Australia |
Previous military service | Infantry Volunteer Company: E Company, Penola (3 years, disbanded) |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Adelaide, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 27th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/44/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 32nd Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | *Spelt Gilbert Kevein Rickard on NR |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Stephen and Elizabeth RICKARD |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brother: 3260 Private Clifton Challis RICKARD |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength of 32nd Bn as a supernumerary, Duntroon Plateau, 6 April 1916. Taken on strength of 32nd Bn, Ferry Post, 17 May 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916. Wounded in action, 19 July 1916; admitted to No 15 Field Ambulance, 20 July 1916, and transferred to No 5 Casualty Clearing Station the same day (shell shock); to No 17 Ambulance Train, 21 July 1916; to No 32 Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, 21 July 1916; to No 1 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 24 July 1916; to Base Details, Boulogne, 30 July 1916; marched into 5th Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 31 July 1916. Proceeded to unit, 14 September 1916; rejoined 32nd Bn, 16 September 1916. Admitted to No 8 Field Ambulance, 22 September 1916 (rheumatism); transferred to 5th Divisional Rest Station, 23 September 1916; rejoined unit, 10 October 1916. Admitted to No 5 Field Ambulance, 1 November 1916 (rheumatism); rejoined unit, 7 November 1916. Admitted to 1st Anzac Advanced Dressing Station, 3 December 1916 (trench feet); transferred to No 10 General Hospital, 5 December 1916; to England, 8 December 1916; to Beaufort War Hospital, Bristol, no date stated; discharged to furlough, 30 January 1917; marched into No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 15 February 1917 (Class B.1.A). Marched into No 4 Command Depot, Wareham, 17 February 1917. Marched out of No 4 Command Depot, 14 March 1917; marched into No 3 Command Depot, 17 March 1917. Detached to Headquarters, Hurdcott, 23 March 1917. Classified B.1.A.4 at No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 27 April 1917. Transferred to, and taken on strength of 70th Bn, Wareham, 12 May 1917. Promoted Temporary Corporal, 8 September 1917. Promoted Corporal, 16 September 1916. Transferred to 32nd Bn, 19 September 1917, and marched into 69th Draft Bn the same day. Marched into Overseas Training Bde, Perham Downs, 19 October 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 24 October 1917; marched into 5th Australian Divisional Base Depot, Le Havre, 25 October 1917. Marched out to unit, 27 October 1917; taken on strength of 32nd Bn, 1 November 1917. Admitted to 5th Divisional Rest Station, 18 February 1918; transferred to No 1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 25 February 1918 (trench fever); to No 17 Ambulance Train, 27 February 1918; to No 55 General Hospital, Boulogne, 28 February 1918 (pyrexia of unknown origin); to England, 15 March 1918; to No 2/1 Southern General Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham, 15 March 1918; to No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 21 March 1918. Medical Board finding, 26 March 1918, unfit for general and home service for six months. Marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 14 April 1918. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Gaika', 12 May 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 5 July 1918; discharged (medically unfit: trench fever and disordered action of the heart), 11 October 1918. Total war service: 3 years 56 days (of which 2 years 175 days were overseas). Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 36 |
Place of burial | AIF Cemetery, West Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia |
Sources | NAA: B2455, RICKARD Gilbert Kevern |