RICHARDSON, Robert
(Service number 6/2737)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 30/06/1890 | Place of Birth | Dundee, Scotland |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 34 Arthur Street, Timaru | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs D. RICHARDSON (mother), Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 6th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 14 August 1915 | ||
| Transport | Willochra or Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Regiment | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 19 February 1973 | Age | 82 yrs |
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| Place of Death | Dunedin | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin | ||
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Biographical Notes
Robert RICHARDSON was the son of David and Jacobina (nee MENZIES) RICHARDSON. He was born in 1890 at Dundee, Scotland and came to New Zealand with his family in early 1900s. The family lived for a time in Timaru, where his father was a baker, as he was in Scotland. Some or all of the family moved to Dunedin about 1919. Robert was at home with his family in Dundee in 1901. Like his father he too became a baker. His brother James also served in WWI. Robert (2nd Regiment) was one of 123 men who joined 500 men from the south already on the train and left from the Timaru Railway Station in mid-April 1915, en route for the Front. The Mayor wished them the best of good fortune and complimented them on the manly stand they were so freely taking in going to help to break the sway of one of the greatest despots who had ever lived. He wished them all a safe and speedy return, before the train steamed out of the station to the accompanimnet of cheering and good-bye messages. ..
Sources
Cenotaph Database [06 September 2014]; Headstone image & burial record Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin (Dunedin City Council) [07 September 2014]; 1891 & 1901 Scotland census (ancestry.com.au) [07 September 2014]; Timaru Herald, 19 April 1915, 17 August 1916, 17 August 1916 (Papers Past) [06 September 2014]; Andersons Bay Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG Cemetery Records microfiche) [11 September 2014]
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