Robert Richard
Robert Henry Richard was an Anglican priest in Australia during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1]
Richard was educated at St David's College, Lampeter and ordained in 1893.[2] After curacies in Newport, West Derby, Handsworth and Howden, he travelled to Australia. Richard held incumbencies at New Norfolk, Zeehan, Queenstown and Wynyard, Tasmania. During World War One he was a Chaplain to the Australian Armed Forces.[3] He was Archdeacon of Hobart from 1923 until his death in 1929.
Richard was commended for his heroic endeavours at the time of the North Mount Lyell disaster.[4]
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