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Richard Christopher FARRINGTON

Regimental number4178
Place of birthStone House, Mainstone, Holmes, Herefordshire, England
SchoolBishops Frome, Herefordshire, England
Age on arrival in Australia22
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLoco Engine-driver
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinFather, F Farrington, Bishop Froome, 5 Bridges near Worcester, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 1, Reinforcement 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/29/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 10 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 21 August 1917
Place of death or woundingHazebrouck, France
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialBrandhoek New Military Cemetery No. 3 (Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 26), Vlamertinghe, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
17
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Jane Elizabeth FARRINGTON, Hopes Rough, Stoke Lacey, Nr. Bromyard, Worcester, England. Native of Bishop's Frome, Worcester, England

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