Participant Info

Surname

Riches

First Name

George

Initial

F

Service Number

3925

Rank

private

Unit Served

D Company, 2nd Battalion

Service Record

Egypt, France

Enlistment Date

1915

Enlistment Month

Sep-08

Embarkation Year

1915

Embarkation Month

Dec-30

Date of Death

1917

Month of Death

November 6

Death Category

KIA

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, Leichhardt

Parental City

Sydney

Parental State

NSW

Notes

"born at Balmain, May 30, 1895, educated Leichhardt Public School, painter, enlisted September 1915, embarked January 7, 1916. War service: Egypt, France, made the supreme sacrifice at Passchendaele Ridge, in 1917. Private G. F. Riches was very popular, a