The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Todd
- First Name:
- Richard Lloyd
- Nick Name:
- Dick
- Rank:
- Private
- Regimental #:
- WX7470
- Company:
- Headquarters Company, No. 2 Platoon Anti Aircraft
- Enlisted:
- 6.08.1940
- DOB:
- 22.04.1916
- Place of Birth:
- Perth, Western Australia
- Father's Name:
- Joseph Todd
- Mothers's Name:
- Leonora Todd
- Religion:
- Church of England
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Hairdresser
- Memorial:
- Kranji War Cemetery, Joint Grave, Plot 23, Row A, Grave 15-16, Age 25.
- Cause of Death:
- Killed in Action
- Place of Death:
- Reformatory Road, Ulu Pandan
- Date of Death:
- 12.02.1942
General Description
Todd enlisted AIF 6 AUG 1940 and later joined 2/4th MGB Headquarters Company No. 2 Platoon Anti Aircraft under commanding officer Lt. Royce.
A large number of 2/4th soldiers were killed at Ulu Pandan. Todd’s CO was also KIA at Ulu Pandan.
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Height 5′ 8″
Above: notice from HQ mate Joe McGinty, who survived to return home
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Dick was the youngest of two sons born to parents Joseph Todd and Leonora LLoyd who married 1910 Wellington district, WA.
Two years following the birth of Dick, his father Joseph died of throat cancer in 1918. These years were particularly tough for Leonora as both her parents died in Victoria where she was born, during the previous two years. She also had a brother die 1918 WW1 in France and another in 1919 at Kelmscott, WA.
When her youngest sons Dick died in Singapore aged 25 years Leonora would have been crushed. She died in 1954 and was buried with her husband Joseph at Karrakatta.