Regimental number | 2980 |
Place of birth | Tooraweenah, New South Wales |
School | Gularyambone State School, New South Wales |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | 'Gollen Brae', Gulargambone, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs M A Strang, 'Gollen Brae,' Gulargambone, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 4th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/21/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 56th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | His grandfather and other relatives are well known graziers and old pioneers of the district having all come from Scotland in the early fifties. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Polygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 21.7 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXV, Row H, Grave No. 4), Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 163 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Robert Richardson and Mary Anne STRANG, 22 Harns Street, Pyrmont, Sydney, New South Wales. Native of Tooraweenah, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Two brothers returned. |