Studio portrait of 5179 Private (Pte) George William Henry Richardson, 7th Battalion who was a 24 year old labourer from Oakleigh, Victoria, 1916

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Studio portrait of 5179 Private (Pte) George William Henry Richardson, 7th Battalion who was a 24 year old labourer from Oakleigh, Victoria, 1916
Studio portrait of 5179 Private (Pte) George William Henry Richardson, 7th Battalion who was a 24 year old labourer from Oakleigh, Victoria, 1916

AWM description: "Studio portrait of 5179 Private (Pte) George William Henry Richardson, 7th Battalion who was a 24 year old labourer from Oakleigh, Victoria, when he re-enlisted and embarked for overseas with the 16th Reinforcements from Melbourne on 1 April 1916 aboard HMAT Suffolk. He had previously enlisted on 3 November 1914, serving for 141 days before being discharged 'in consequence of refusing inoculation'. Pte Richardson transferred to the 59th Battalion in Egypt and embarked with them for France, arriving on 30 June 1916. On 6 March 1917, he was wounded in action and died of those wounds on 15 March 1917. He is buried in the St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France."

Private Richardson's service record notes his next of kin as being Alice Maud Richardson of Atherton Road, Oakleigh. A death notice in The Age from the family confirms this address, identifies his parents as Harry and Alice Richardson and lists his several siblings. A second notice, inserting by his "loving friend, S. Ferris" noted that Private Richardson was a stretcher-bearer.

The service record also gives a later address for Mrs Richardson, that of Guests Estate, North Road, Oakleigh, and the 1919 electoral roll notes her address as Veletta, Willesden Road, Oakleigh.

Accession Number: DA14670
Collection type: Photograph
Object type: Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker: Darge Photographic Company
Place made: Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Broadmeadows
Date made: c 4 May 1916
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Image source and quoted text from AWM www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1052020

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Taken on: October 5, 2020
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