Private Alexander Richardson Kyle (service number 7497) was a 30-year-old engineer's mechanic born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. He lived with his wife Mrs. Flora Kyle in Glen Street, Granville, New South Wales. He enlisted on the 22 March 1917 and embarked with his unit the 3 Australian Infantry Battalion aboard the HMAT ‘Euripides’ A14 from Sydney, New South Wales on the 31 October 1917.
He proceeded to France on 1 April 1918 and was taken on strength on the 25 April 1918.
He was killed in Hargicourt, Somme, France, on the 18 September 1918. He was buried at Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France. His name is remembered in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Kimberley Russell, Volunteer Research Assistant, City of Parramatta, Parramatta Heritage Centre, 2017
References
- Australian War Memorial (1920). Studio portrait of 7497 Private Alexander Richardson Kyle, 3rd Battalion of Granville, NSW. Retrieved from https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1242255
- Australian War Memorial (no date). Australian Red Cross wounded and missing files : Alexander Richardson Kyle. Retrieved from https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1393600
- Australian War Memorial (no date). First world war embarkation roll : Alexander Richardson Kyle. Retrieved from https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R2064850 or https://www.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067371/RCDIG1067371--545-.JPG
- Australian War Memorial (no date). First world war nominal roll : Alexander Richardson Kyle. Retrieved from https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R2449909
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. (2020). Private Alexander Richardson Kyle. Retrieved from https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1455506/ALEXANDER%20RICHARDSON%20KYLE/
- Finlay, Caroline & Sahni, Neera (2019). World War One and killed in action : surnames A-Z. Parramatta, N.S.W. : City of Parramatta, p. 148. Retrieved from https://arc.parracity.nsw.gov.au/blog/2019/09/25/world-war-one-killed-in-action/ or https://arc.parracity.nsw.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Killed-in-Action-A-Z-Final.pdf#page=150
- National Archives of Australia. (2019). NAA: B2455, Kyle Alexander Richardson, Item barcode 7379070. Retrieved from https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=7379070
- National Library of Australia. (2017). Trove newspapers and gazettes [Database]. Retrieved from https://trove.nla.gov.au/search/category/newspapers
- The Cumberland Argus, compiler. (1920). Parramatta and district soldiers who fought in the Great War, 1914-1919. Parramatta, N.S.W. : Cumberland Argus, p. 82. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-81896895
