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 (nee Lloyd)
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

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Todd who was 5′ 9″ tall and 24 years of age enlisted AIF 6 AUG 1940 at Claremont and later joined 2/4th MGB Headquarters Company No. 2 Platoon Anti Aircraft under commanding officer Lt. Royce.  He was residing in Subiaco with his mother Leonora Todd and working as a hairdresser.
A large number of 2/4th soldiers, including Todd were killed at Ulu Pandan.  Todd’s CO Lt Royce was also KIA at Ulu Pandan.
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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 Bunbury.  His older brother Arthur Joseph was born in 1913.
Two years following the birth of Dick, his father Joseph died of throat cancer 5 Jan 1918 aged 48 years.  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 died 1918 WW1 in France and another in 1919 at Kelmscott, WA.
When her youngest son Dick died in Singapore aged 25 years  Leonora would have been crushed.  She died in 1954 aged 74 years and was buried with her husband Joseph at Karrakatta.

 

Below:  From Bunbury Southern Times 29th December 1910

 

1918: Leonora Todd’s brother Reginald Lloyd, 37th Btn was KIA 1 Oct 1918 aged 30 years.

Below:  Another brother of Leonora dies of influenza at Blackboy Hill, West Australia Aug 1919.  Lindsay Lloyd was a storekeeper at Kelmscott.  Married with children.

Below:  Lindsay Lloyd’s death from influenza.

 

Below:  Leonora Todd died Aug 1954.

 

 

 

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