World War II Trooper Richard Logan’s service with the 2/7th Calvary (Commando) Regiment of the Australian Infantry Force has been remembered with the addition of a service badge to the street named in his honour.
Bundaberg Regional Council’s Street of Remembrance program sees the badge under which local veterans served added to the signs of Bundaberg Region streets as a tribute to their service.
Logan Street in Norville was named for Trooper Richard Cecil Harold Logan in December 1951.
Richard was born in Bundaberg on 10 July 1914 to Richard and Agnes Logan.
He married Mairie Krebs in July 1939 and the couple lived in South Bundaberg.
Richard was working as a cane cutter when he enlisted in the Australian Army on 27 May 1940.
After completing training in south-east Queensland, he embarked with the 2/7th Calvary Commando Regiment for the Middle East, where they arrived in February 1941.
While there, Richard suffered from sandfly fever, which saw him spend time in the ship’s hospital.
After around a year in the Middle East, Richard’s unit left Suez and was sent to Port Moresby, by way of Adelaide and Brisbane, on the troopship Katoomba.
They disembarked in Port Moresby on 7 October 1942.
On 7 January 1943 he was listed as missing in action, believed killed. It was later confirmed he was killed in action on 19 December 1942.
Trooper Richard Logan is buried in Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea, where his grave is marked with a cross and the inscription “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN”.
His name is included on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundaberg Civic Centre Memorial Portico, and Greenslopes 2nd/7th Cavalry Regiment Honour Roll.
Service Number: QX5228
Information on Trooper Richard Cecil Harold Logan’s life and service is from the National Archives of Australia, Australian War Memorial, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and Virtual War Memorial Australia.
Find out more about Bundaberg Regional Council’s Streets of Remembrance program and how to nominate a street or service person here.
