"Dick" Richard LYNCH
Born 1891 in Moynalty, County Meath, Ireland [30]
Son of Peter LYNCH [30]
Departed London, England on the steamship Osterley and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 8 August 1911 [70]
Labourer in Three Springs 1913-1916 [10: 16-May-1916] [19] [30] [50]
Accepted for service in the Australian Imperial Force in Geraldton on 2 April 1916, and enlisted on 1 May 1916 [30: item 8207401]
On enlistment he was recorded as 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing 167 lbs. with blue eyes, brown hair and a medium complexion [30]
After training he was appointed to the 3rd Reinforcements of the 44th Battalion on 16 August 1916 at Blackboy Hill [30]
Briefly returned to Three Springs on leave during a portion of August 1916 [10: 18-Aug-1916]
He was farewelled and wished a safe return at a social held at Tom and Johanna BERRIGAN's home in TS on 14 August 1916 [10]
The next day, on Thursday 15 August 1916, he and Harry BYRNE were tendered a Public Farewell in Three Springs [10]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A23 Suffolk on 10 October 1916 [18]
Disembarked in Plymouth, England on 2 December 1916 and after further training proceeded to France on 20 August 1917 [30]
Prior to leaving for France he wrote a will, leaving all of his real and personal estate to his sisters Ellie and Lily LYNCH of Ireland [30]
Private 2118 in the Australian Imperial Force's 44th Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
Killed in Action in France on 8 August 1918 after being in hit in both groins by several machine gun bullets [30]
He was buried at the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery in Villers-Bretonneux, Somme, France [17]
Awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
His name appears on the Three Springs Honour Board, which was unveiled on Tuesday 3 June 1919 [9: 6-Jun-1919] [10: 13-Jun-1919]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Richard Lynch' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/richard-lynch [reference list] |
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