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RELPH, John Leonard Bagshawe

Service Number:	951
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, 5’8”, 11 stone 5 pounds, fair complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair, Church of England
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	Anzac Mounted Division Headquarters
Born:	South Yarra, Victoria, Australia, 28 May 1888
Home Town:	South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	St. Kilda, , Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Coronary occlusions and atherosclerosis, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 19 July 1965, aged 77 years
Cemetery:	Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Following cremation at Springvale Crematorium, ashes placed in Brighton General Cemetery, PLOT Lawn D 30
Memorials:	St Martins Hawksburn HB

World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 951, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , 5’8”, 11 stone 5 pounds, fair complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair, Church of England
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Gunner, 951, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Gunner, 951, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
5 Jun 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, AIF Headquarters (Egypt), Taken on Strength from 4th Battery, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, after initial transfer to Base Details in charge of stores at Zeitoun from 6 April, 1915
1 Sep 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, AIF Headquarters (Egypt)
22 Jan 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 951, Anzac Mounted Division Headquarters, Embarked Suez, Egypt per HT Euripides. Australian & New Zealand Anzac Mounted Divisional Base/Australian Headquarters. Returned home as B Class - “Free from serious organic diseases, able to stand service on Lines of Communication in France, or in garrisons in the tropics”.
30 Apr 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 951, Anzac Mounted Division Headquarters
15 May 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 951, Base Records Corps
5 Jun 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 951, Base Records Corps

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