Richard Edmond Courtney

Richard Edmond Courtney
Born	(1870-09-08)8 September 1870 Castlemaine, Victoria
Died	21 October 1919(1919-10-21) (aged 49) Melbourne, Victoria
Allegiance	Australia
Service / branch	Citizen Military Forces Australian Imperial Force
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Commands	14th Battalion (1914–15)
Battles / wars	First World War Gallipoli Campaign
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Mentioned in Despatches Volunteer Officers' Decoration

Lieutenant Colonel Richard Edmond Courtney CB, VD (8 September 1870 – 21 October 1919) was an Australian soldier during the First World War. Courtney's Post, now the site of a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery on the Gallipoli Peninsula, is named in his honour.^[1]