Richard Wearne (1879 - 1918)

Born 13 Apr 1879 in Ironbark, Victoria, Australia

Died 6 Sep 1918 at age 39 in France

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Biography

Richard Wearne was born in the Colony of Victoria (1851-1900)

Richard Wearne is an Anzac who served in World War One.

Private Richard Wearne served in the Australian Imperial Force in World War I
Service started: 2 Sep 1916
Unit(s): 55th Infantry Battalion
Service ended: 02 Sep 1918

Private Richard Wearne was Killed in Action 2 September 1918 during World War I.

Birth

Richard was born in 1879. He was the son of Rhoda Valance and Thomas Wearne ^[1]

Military Service

Enlistment date: 2 September 1916. Service Number: 3242 Trade or Calling: MIner Next of Kin: Ethel Wearne Morris Street, Sunshine Victoria (Sister). Place of Enlistment: Goulburn New South Wales. Battalion: AIF 55th Battalion

Lest We Forget.

Embarkation: 11.11.1916 from Sydney aboard A29 Suevic. Disembarked: 24. 12. 1916 Capetown hospital Reembarked 12.1. 1917 Capetown to Plymouth Disembarked: 28. 2.1917 Plymouth Marched - Herdcott Overseas to France: 26.6.1917 Wounded in Action 28.9.1917 (difficult to read - looks like returned to England for treatment with Gun shot wound to right arm). Overseas to France 23 March 1918. Killed in Action 2 September 1918.

Buried near Peronne on 20 September 1918. 14 September 1919 - note from director of Graves: Buried isolated group of graves Line with Railway bank and half a mile north of Personne. Ancestry Document Viewer: Military Records

Sources

• Commonwealth War Graves: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/289383/WEARNE,%20RICHARD

• Military Record Richard Wearne: National Archives of Australia: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=8376820

• Australia Virtual War MEmorial: https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/354409

1. ↑ Birth Record: 11763 / 1879 Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages: Victoria, Australia
   (Name: Richard WEARNE); (Place: SAND, AUSTRALIA); (Mother: Rhoda VALANCE); (Father: Thomas WEARNE)

• World War 1 Service: Veteran Details for Richard WEARNE for Service with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). Regimental Number: 3242; Rank: Private; Unit: 55th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement; Enlistment Date: 02 Oct 1916; Killed in Action 2 September 1918 Link to UNSW AIF Project Record: accessed 07 Jan 2023