Richardson, Victor John

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Richardson, Victor Allen John

Service Service Number Number 1494 4253 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Died of Wounds 24th July 1916 Gallipoli Peninsula 1st Australian Field Ambulance, 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

Richardson, Victor John

SERVICE NO

4253

UNIT

2nd Battalion

RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

21 yrs 10 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Ourimbah

ADDRESS OCCUPATION

Saw Miller

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

5 Sept 1915

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE NEXT OF KIN

Mother;- Sarah Ann Brown, Martinsville via Morisset/ Bonville, Coffs Harbour NSW/ Dooralong, via Wyong/

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height-5’7½”. Weight-138lbs. Chest-35”. Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Hazel. Hair-Auburn.

RELIGION

C/E

EMBARKED DISEMBARKED NOTES WOUNDED/ILLNESS

23 Jul 1916 Shell explosion- r/foot blown off compound fractures of both legs + other injuries-Pozieres, France

DIED

24 Jul 1916-1st Australian Field Ambulance.

BURIED

Warloy-Baillon Military Cem. Plot 1 Row D Gve 10.- 5 miles W of Albert, by Rev H Maude Roxby

MEDALS

British War Medal-27277, Victory Medal-27099. Memorial Plaque & Scrtoll301360.

DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS

2 identity discs, wallet, brooch, General Birdwood’s Message/

WILL CORRESPONDENCE

Father Uncle (mothers’ brother) Isaac Cottrill, of Ourimbah.

Gosford Times 22nd September 1916 In Memoriam Richardsonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;In loving memory of Private V.J. Richardson, 2nd Battalion, who died of wounds in France July 24th, 1916. Aged 22 years. Gone is the face we love so dear, Silenced the voice we loved to hear; Fighting for his country he fell, Our hero, we love so well. Inserted by his loving uncle and aunt L. and M. Cottrell, and also cousins Bernie and Decima.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8032302

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