Richard Daniel Handcock

Rank/Rate/Branch
The rank(officers), rate (non-commissioned) held by the individual at their date of discharge/death with specialist task, or trade held.

Location
Location the individual was recorded as being from according to their Service Record.

Force
Reference to one of the three branches of Australia's defence forces - Royal Australian Navy (RAN), (RANR) Reserves; Australian Army; Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF); or the Australian Merchant Navy (MN).

Service Number
The number allocated to the individual on enlistment into one of the three branches of Australia's defence forces. This number may be numeric, or an alpha/numeric combination. RAN officers, some RAN ratings and merchant mariners do not have a service number. In these cases, the words 'not applicable' will be displayed in the Service Number field on the Service Record screen.

Birth Date
The date nominated by the individual as their date of birth.

Birth Place
The city/town/country nominated by the individual as their place of birth.

Next Of Kin
The person nominated as being the next of kin by the individual.

Enlistment Date
The date an individual signed their enlistment Attestation Form for service in Australia's defence forces or, for the Merchant Navy, the date a merchant mariner engaged on a ship at the commencement of, or, during the war.

Roll Of Honour
Indicates the individual's name is listed on a community Roll of Honour in Australia. This information has been sourced from individual casualty records held by the Office of Australian War Graves.

Memorial Location
Name location on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial, Canberra (unless specified).