Participant Info

Surname

Riches

First Name

James

Initial

W

Service Number

3914

Rank

sapper

Unit Served

1st Battalion, Pioneers

Service Record

Egypt, France

Enlistment Date

1915

Enlistment Month

Aug-26

Embarkation Year

1915

Embarkation Month

Dec-30

Date of Death

Month of Death

Death Category

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, NSW section S, notes page 33, image page 32

Also Known As

Spousal

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

Albert E. and Minnie Riches

Parental Address

91 Rofe Street, Leichardt

Parental City

Sydney

Parental State

NSW

Notes

"born in England August 19, 1887, educated Balmain Public School, dealer, enlisted August 18, 1915, embarked January 7, 1916. War service: Egypt, France (wounded and gassed, November 19, 1917), returned to duty, wounded on 2nd occasion. (His enlistment