Private Jack Richardson - 5/400017
As I have been researching the life of Private Jack (Digger) Richardson I am reminded how important it is to record the lives of the West Australians who died as a result of the Korean War. I have not yet been able to find a photo of Richardson, even after accessing his Korean War Service File at the National Archives in Perth. Richardson was a child migrant to Western Australia and served in World War II as an ambulance driver and medical orderly. He reenlisted for service in Korea in August 1950 and was killed in action in February 1951. He never married and his next of kin was a friend who probably started out as a work colleague. Richardson was born in Coventry, England in July 1923. Only his mother’s name was recorded on his birth registration. [1] He arrived in Fremantle as a 12-year-old in October 1935 on the Otranto, one of many children on the passenger list not travelling with immediate family. [2] Richardson enlisted for WW2 in Moora but gave his address as Kingsl