Richmond WHYTT

1874 - 1915  (~ 41 years)

• Name	Richmond WHYTT
  Birth	Jun 1874	Oxton, Birkenhead, Cheshire   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	F3D32668219446FEB86399E01AEEC3CC786A
  Death	1 Nov 1915	At sea aboard Hospital Ship "Rewa"
  Burial	At sea off Malta
  Notes	Richmond emigrated to Australia on the 'Ormuz' which left London for Sydney on 1 November 1896. Joined the 19th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force on 7 May 1915 at Liverpool, NSW, Australia at age 41. Next of kin wife Nellie Frances Whytt of "Heimath", Bowral, NSW. Originall a Private, promoted to Lance Corporal on 17 July 1915. Transferred to hospital 28 October 1915. Died of dysentery at sea on board Hospital Ship "Rewa" on 1 November 1915 and buried at sea off Malta. The above details were taken from Richmond's servce record at Ancestry.com. Although the record runs to many pages, there's no explanation of why Richmond was on a troopship and in the region of Malta when he died. He was presumably on his way to Europe to join the war effort as part of the Australian Expeditionary Force. He was posthumously awarded a Memorial Scroll, a Memorial Plaque and a Victory Medal but these didn't reach his widow until 1921, 1922 and 1923. Richmond is remembered on the Lone Pine Memorial at Eceabat Ilcesi, Canakkale, Turkey
  Person ID	I3375	Canterbury, Kent
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Alexander Henderson WHYTT,   b. Abt 1825, Scotland d. 26 Aug 1891, Leven, Scotland (Age ~ 66 years)
  Mother	Hannah RICHMOND,   b. Abt 1844, Moneydie, Perthshire d. 1923, Morningside RD (Age ~ 79 years)
  Marriage	23 Mar 1863	Edinburgh, Scotland   [2]
  Family ID	F909	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nellie Frances JONES,   b. 1880, Newtown NSW Australia RD d. 10 Sep 1965, Balmain RD, NSW, Australia (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	26 Apr 1900	Bowral, NSW, Australia RD   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F908	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S14] BMD index, Q2 1874 Birkenhead 8a/565. (Reliability: 3). [S241] Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 at ancestry.com. [S208] James (Jim) Minter, April 2023 and later, reg no. 3405/1900. (Reliability: 3). [S240] Australia, Newspaper Vital Notices, 1831-2001 at ancestry.com.