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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Goulburn
• Land New South Wales, Australia
• Last residence High Street, Neutral Bay, Sydney
• Family Son of Sarah and James Richards, of 10, Eldon St., Goulburn, New South Wales.
• Extra info Mentioned as Richards, G.G. in war diary n°17 CCS

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted in Sydney, New South Wales on 30 March 1915
• Rank Captain
• Medals M C
• Regiment and unit 17th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Other data related to military career Embarked at Sydney on 12 May 1915; to France on 23 March 1916

Death

• Wounded 20 September 1917
• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds, fractured thigh at n°17 CCS
• Died at the age of 26
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIV - C - 7

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