Richard
Cyril
Spedding
Born about in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Brother of
James Spedding, Arthur Spedding, Alfred Spedding, Annie Elizabeth (Spedding) Bryant, Amy Ellen (Spedding) Bryant, Isabella Spedding, Florence (Spedding) MacDonald, Albert Spedding, Emily (Spedding) Mackie and Ethel May (Spedding) Caldwell
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 56
in Herston, Queensland, Australia.
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Biography
A Trooper in the 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles in the Boer War. Regimental number 1662. Richard and a fellow Trooper Harvey McGregor were captured by the Boer and forced to march with them for 4 days before being stripped of clothing and gear and allowed to return to their comrades. He died in a car accident in 1937.
Sources
- Possible NSW Birth Certificate no. 18802/1881
- Queensland Marriage Licence no. B18854/1916
- alternate NSW Birth Certificate no. 7367/1882 V18827367 121C
- Ian's Genealogy page at: [1]
- Digger's Doings article in the The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser (NSW : 1886 - 1942) of Friday 8 September 1939 on TROVE at [2]
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