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Richard Perren - His War Story

By Finlay.Wells

  • Richard Perren - His Enlistment Date

    Dick enlisted on the 15th of September 1915. He enlisted in Canberra

  • Day he Sailed out

    Private Richard Perren’s unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Hawkes Bay 20th April 1916.

  • First Reported Illness

    He was reported as ill on two occasions during World War One on 10th August 1917 and again on 3rd May 1918. No specific illness was reported, but at the time, many soldiers were suffering from influenza and gas attacks.

  • Second Reported Illness

    Again on 3rd May 1918. No specific illness was reported, but at the time, many soldiers were suffering from influenza and gas attacks.

  • Return Home

    He was returned to Australia on the Nestor 20th May 1919 and honorably discharged 20th August 1919. Richard Perren’s awards included the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. After the war, Richard Perren was found in the Moreton Mill ledger as providing firewood for the mill. In his later years, he worked as a caretaker for Nambour Golf Club and in 1951, suffered head and neck injuries when he accidentally fell down a chute​ near the Nambour Railway Station.