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Private ALBERT JOSEPH RICHARDS

Service Number: 566
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Machine Gun Corps

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 June 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

IV. A. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph Henry and Elizabeth Linn Richards, of Ruby St., Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Native of Elaine, Victoria.
  • Personal Inscription HAVE MERCY UPON HIM LORD AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 586
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