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RICHARDS, Charles Pratt
(Service number 34732)

Taiko Hall World War One plaque — Mounted inside the Taiko Hall, alongside a Second World War plaque. Photographed October 2014. (Courtesy of Clive Callow )

Taiko Hall (interior) — Showing the First and Second World War memorial plaques over the fireplace. (Courtesy of Clive Callow )

Aliases	RICHARD (On Nominal Rolls)
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	11/12/1891	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Teamster (For J(?) O'Sullivan, Tycho Flat)
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Richards (mother), Post-office, Heriot, Otago, New Zealand
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	20th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Date	7 December 1916
Transport	Port Lyttelton
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Plymouth, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	1954?	Age
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	Tycho War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Sources

Cenotaph (11 November 2014); Timaru Herald 14 November 1916

External Links

Military personnel file

Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)

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