Sidney John Richards

Sidney John Richards

Personal Information
Date of Birth	1 Apr 1879
Place of Birth	Taunton, England
Age at Enlistment	39 years old
Description	5'5" tall ; 117lbs 53.07 kg ; fresh complexion ; light hazel eyes ; light brown hair ; scar on left temple
Occupation	Market gardener
Religion	Church of England
Address	Crawford street, East Cannington, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Wife , Mrs Ada Richards
Military Information
Reg Number	56393
Date of Enlistment	17 Apr 1918
Rank	Private
Unit/Formation	Western Australian 2nd Reinforcements allocated to Australian Army Veterinary Hospital
Date of Embarkation	29 Jul 1918 ‒ 27 Sep 1918
Ship Embarked On	HMAT A74 Marathon Albany to London
Date of Return	1 May 1919 ‒ 1 Jun 1919
Ship Returned On	SS China Devonport to Fremantle
Fate	Returned to Australia
Monument	Gosnells Road Board Honour Roll
Medals	British War Medal

Pre War

In England had served in the Imperial Yeomanry prior to emigration to Australia.

War Service

Due to the advanced state of the war, Sidney was allocated to general reinforcements on entry to Blackboy Hill camp, and travelled to England. On arrival he was sent to the 1st Training Battalion in Fovant where on 29 Sep 1918 he was allocated to the 11th Battalion reinforcements.

On 5 Oct 1918 he was transferred to Artillery and moved to the their training base at Heytesbury. Sidney proceeded overseas to France on 27 Nov 1918 and on 18 Dec 1918 in Calais, Sidney was taken on strength by the Australian Veterinary Hospital, remaining with them until he was repatriated to Australia. Marked for early repatriation on 8 Apr 1919 re returned to Sutton Veny in England.

Sidney was discharged by the 5th Military District on 15 Jun 1919.