Participant Info

Given Name

Richard

Family Name

Archer

Service Number

5646

Place of Birth

Bulumwaal VIC

Occupation

Gardener

Place of Enlistment

Melbourne VIC

Next of Kin

Father, John McMichael, Glenmaggie, North Gippsland

Address on Enlistment

Bairnsdale, Victoria

Unit on Embarkation

14th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement

Age at Embarkation

24

Embarkation Vessel

HMAT A17 Port Lincoln, Melbourne VIC on 4 May 1916

Rank on Enlistment

Private

Unit at Discharge

Rank at Death/Discharge

Private

Date of Return

Place of death or wounding

Not stated

Date of Death

5/02/1917

Fate

KIA

Place of burial/memorial

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row H, Grave No 19A), Belgium

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Link to record

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