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Died: 12th of October 1917. Killed in Action Passchendaele, Belgium.
Mother: Sophy Richardson. nee:.
12th October 1917.
The 34th was not, as Captain: Henry Vince CARR 35th Battalion, believed, on the
first objective. The Commander of the line, Captain: John William RICHARDSON
34th Battalion, on hearing of the extreme weakness of the force at the second
objective,had reinforced it. He and his only remaining officer's
Lieutenant: James Clement BURGESS Lieutenant: Bruce Gray MCKENZIE
and Lieutenant: John Abbott LONGWORTH had all been
Killed in Action while organising on the first objective, and
the first objective now lay empty.
(BEAN; History of World War 1 Vol IB page 922)
John is remembered with honour and is commemerated in perpetuity by the
Commonweath War Graves Commission at the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Belgium.
John was a Tanner from Longueville, New South Wales. He lived with his parents at Northwood Road.
(Australian National Archives)
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