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• Name RICHARDS
• Initials JA
• First name JOHN ALFRED
• Place of birth Moree
• Country New South Wales, Australia
• Last residence Garah, New South Wales
• Family Son of John and Eliza F. Richards, of Boomi, Moree, New South Wales.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted in Narrabri, New South Wales on 29 March 1916
• Service number 602
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 2nd Bn. Australian Infantry
• Division - Brigade 1st Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 1st Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked at Sydney on 4 May 1916; to France on 17 September 1916

Death

• Wounded 27 October 1917
• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds on shoulder and back at n°2 Canadian CCS
• Date of death 28 October 1917
• Died at the age of 17
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXI - G - 7

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