LEST WE FORGET
Air Mechanic Second Class Ivan Morton Rupert RICHARDSON
Service No: 935
Born: August 1894, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the Army: 22 October 1916
Unit: No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Died: Illness (Influenza), Scotland, 9 April 1919, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Edinburgh (Comely Bank) Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Elizabeth McAskill Richardson, of 8, Balmoral Crescent, Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia, and the late Albert John Richardson. Born at Devonport, Tasmania
Place of Association: Dunorlan TAS
Remembered: Panel 188, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Air Mechanic Richardson died while on two weeks’ leave in Edinburgh.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record P1868, RICHARDSON IMR T7040
Bibliography:
Richards, E.J. (Edward John) Australian Airmen: History of the 4th Squadron, publisher unknown, c1919