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Lieutenant EDWARD JAMES RICHARDS

Service Number: WX2162
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry

A.I.F. 2/32 Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 November 1942

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XXII. D. 22.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Military Medal, Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of James and Eva Richards, of Nedlands, Western Australia.
  • Personal Inscription "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN" OUR BELOVED SON AND BROTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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