Buckton, Richard George

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen Buckton, Richard George

Service Service Number Number 1494 6954 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 4th October 1917 Gallipoli Belgium Peninsula or France

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1 st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

NAME

Buckton, Richard George

SERVICE NO

6954

UNIT

23rd Rnf. 4th Battalion

RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

24 yrs 7mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Wyong, NSW

ADDRESS

Wyong, NSW

OCCUPATION

Labourer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

7 Oct 1916

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Newcastle

PREVIOUS SERVICE

nil

NEXT OF KIN

Widowed mother;Mary Elizabeth Buckton- Tuggerah Rd. Wyong

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height-5’6½”.Weight-138lbs. Chest-31-34 Complexion-Medium. Eyes-Grey. Hair-Brown.

RELIGION

C/E

EMBARKED

Sydney-11 Nov 1916 per “Suevic”

DISEMBARKED

Devonport-30 Jan 1917

NOTES WOUNDED/ILLNESS DIED

4 Oct 1917 Belgium

BURIED MEDALS

British War Medal-53249, Victory Medal-52489. Memorial Plaque & Scroll 335090

DEPENDANTS

Mother

PERSONAL EFFECTS WILL

Yes

Gosford Times 10.10.1918. ROLL OF HONOR BUCKTON – In loving memory of my dear son and brother, Private Richard George Buckton, who was killed in France on the 4th October, 1917. He was only a Private in battle, A part of the great rank and file; But we at home remember The day he left us with a smile. He laid down his life for his Country, In response to his dear country’s call; Australia is proud of our hero, Who was only a Private, that’s all. Inserted by his loving mother, and brother Dave.

Gosford Times 13.12.1917. Private Richard George Buckton of Wyong, is reported to have been killed in action.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3163290

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