Mayo, Richard Stanley

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

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.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8030508













































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