Richard Percy Whalan
- Born: 1887, Oberon, NSW Australia
- Died: 18 Sep 1918, France at age 31
General Notes:
Name: WHALAN, RICHARD PERCY
Initials: R P
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: Australian Machine Gun Corps
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 31
Date of Death: 18/09/1918
Service No: 477
Additional information: of Alfred Samuel and Agatha Josephine Whalan, of Barnt Yards, Mandurama, New South Wales. Born at Oberon, New South Wales.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I G 14.
Cemetery: ROISEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Richard Percy WHALAN
Regimental number 477
Religion Methodist
Occupation Tramway conductor
Address 32 Ruthven Street, Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 29
Next of kin Father, A Whalan, Oberon, New South Wales
Enlistment date 13 May 1916
Date of Enlistment from Nominal Roll 15 May 1916
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name Machine Gun Company 1, Reinforcement 7
AWM Embarkation Roll number 24/6/3
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 25 October 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll 1st Machine Gun Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 18 September 1918
Place of burial Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row G, Grave 14), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 175
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records Parents: Alfred Samuel and Agatha Josephine WHALAN.
Whalan, Richard Percy
Number: 477
Rank: Corporal [Cpl]
Unit: 1 Bn Australian Machine Gun Corps
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of Death: 18/09/1918
Place of Death:
Cause of Death: Killed in action
Memorial Panel: 175
Cemetery or Memorial Details: FRANCE 528 Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension
Next Of Kin:
Place Of Enlistment: Oberon, New South Wales, Australia
Native Place:
Notes: WHALAN, Cpl. Richard Percy, 477. 1st Bn. Australian Machine Gun Corps. Killed in action 18th Sept., 1918. Age 31. of Alfred Samuel and Agatha Josephine Whalan, of Barnt Yards, Mandurama, New South Wales. Born at Oberon, New South Wales. I G 14.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army
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