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Personal data

• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Winnipeg
• Land Manitoba, Canada
• Family Son of Charles Skirving Richardson and Annie Isabella Richardson, of Oxford Street, Winnipeg; one brother.
• Profession Accountant

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 29 April 1915
• Rank Lieutenant
• Regiment and unit 5th Bn. Western Canada (Saskatchewan) Cavalry
• Other data related to military career Enlisted with the 52nd Bn.; transferred tot the 32nd Reserve Infantry Bn.; to France June 1916

Death

• Wounded 24 July, front line trenches, trench mortar shell
• Type of wounds Died of shell wounds, both legs amputated in n°10 CCS
• Died at the age of 21
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery IX - A - 8

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