Gosford District Casualties of World War One Mayo, Richard Stanley Service Number 162 Killed in Action 23rd August 1918 France
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Mayo, Richard Stanley Service Number 162
Killed in Action 23rd August 1918 France
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NAME Mayo, Richard Stanley (known as Dick)
SERVICE NO 162
UNIT 3rd
Battalion
RANK
AGE at Enlistment 19 yrs 3 mths
PLACE OF BIRTH Brisbane, Qld
ADDRESS
OCCUPATION Fitters Assistant
DATE OF ENLISTMENT 17 Aug 1914
PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT
Sydney
PREVIOUS SERVICE Senior Cadets, NSW
NEXT OF KIN Father;- Stanley Raymond Mayo, Mother;- Margaret F. Mayo, 83 Elizabeth St. Paddington//16/2/17-69 Enmore Rd., Marrickville/ Brother;- William Burns Mayo, 82 Griffin Rd. North Curl Curl/
PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION
Height-5’ 10”.Weight-157 lbs. Chest-36”. Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Brown. Hair-B;ack.
RELIGION C/E
EMBARKED 18 Oct 1914-
DISEMBARKED
NOTES Crime;- AWOL 0600 26 Jan – 0600 29 Jan 1916
Crime-AWOL 0815 -2030-9 Jan 1917, France. UK Leave 30/8/-11/9/17
WOUNDED/ILLNESS 5 Oct 1915- Diarr/Enteritis-rejoined unit Alex., 29 Dec 1915/ 2 Jul 1916-VD- France-18 Oct 1916
2 Oct -6 Dec 1917- wound wrist
DIED 23 Aug 1918- France
BURIED Buried by Rev B C Nilson- on top of the ridge nr Chingnes Proyart Sector map ref sheet 62d Se R 11 B 7.8. France.
MEDALS 1914-15 Star-11945, British War Medal-3020, Victory Medal-3020. Memorial Plaque 350646 & Scroll-300696.
DEPENDANTS
PERSONAL EFFECTS 1 wallet, letters/
WILL Beneficiary;- Mother Margaret Flora Mayo
CORRESPONDENCE W B Mayo Brother/ Mrs M Mayo, Mother/”Fleurbaix” Yangoora Rd. Belmore
Gov. Savings Banks of NSW
Sydney Morning Herald 12
th September 1918 pg. 6
ROLL OF HONOR MAYO-Richard Stanley, Signaller, 3
rd Batt., killed in action, France, August 23, 1918, aged 23 years, eldest,
dearly-loved son of Mr and Mrs S.R. Mayo, Lindum Lodge, Enmore Road, Marrickville, and brother of Pri-
vate W.B. Mayo, 53rd
Batt., prisoner in Germany. An original Anzac, four years active service. For high
cause he fought, and, fighting died, paying with cheerful heart the soldier’s price.
Sydney Morning Herald 23
rd August 1919 pg. 15
IN MEMORIUM MAYO-In loving memory of Corporal Signaller Richard Stanley Mayo, 3
rd Batt., (an Anzac), killed in action,
Proyart, France, August 23, 1918, aged 23 years. His race finds honour where the soldier lies. Inserted by his parents and brother, Will 53
rd Batt.) Linden Lodge, Enmore Road, Marrickville.
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