WALL, Ralph Leslie
Service Numbers: | 5861, V91567 |
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Enlisted: | 17 July 1915 |
Last Rank: | Second Corporal |
Last Unit: | 3 Garrison Battalion (Vic) |
Born: | Gowangardie, Victoria, Australia , 1895 |
Home Town: | Violet Town, Strathbogie, Victoria |
Schooling: | Earlston State School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Euroa, Victoria, Australia , 1964, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Katandra Cemetery |
Memorials: | Violet Town Earlston State School No. 2850 Honour Board, Violet Town Honour Roll WW1 |
World War 1 Service
17 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 5861 | |
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28 Jan 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5861, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
28 Jan 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5861, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
25 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Anzac Mounted Division Train |
World War 2 Service
3 Jul 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 5861, 1st Signal Squadron, per HT Malta |
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World War 1 Service
29 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 5861, 1st Signal Squadron |
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World War 2 Service
8 Jan 1941: | Enlisted V91567, 3 Garrison Battalion (Vic), Private | |
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24 Jan 1942: | Discharged V91567, 3 Garrison Battalion (Vic), Private |
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WALL Ralph 5861 LCPL
3rd Div Sig Coy
1895-1964
Ralph and his brother Arthur survived the war, unlike their unfortunate cousins, Bert, John and Roger. Ralph’s and Arthur’s parents were Samuel and Sarah Wall, a farming family at Molka. Earlston was their nearest school.
Ralph was 20 when he enlisted on 17.7.15. He was drafted into the 3rd Divisional Signal Company. After preliminary training school he embarked on 28 January 1916 aboard HMAT Themistocles.
Ralph arrived in Egypt, appointed a LCPL in March and was posted to Tel-el-Kebir on 18 April 1916 where he had signal training. On 26 April he was posted to Romani, where in August the allies drove back the Turks thus putting a stop to the Turkish threat to the Suez Canal.
Ralph’s service records are scanty; there is no evidence of him being sent to France. He attended a rest camp in June 1919 at Port Said just before returning to Australia aboard the Kantara. He was discharged in Melbourne in August.
After the war Ralph met Madeline Mabel Moysey, a teacher at the Earlston State School. They were married in 1923 and settled on a 350 acre farm at Marionvale which is situated about 13 miles from Shepparton. Ralph and Mabel had two children, Graham born in 1925 and Betty born in 1931. Ralph and Mabel remained on the farm until 1943 when they moved to a smaller irrigation block at Katandra West.
Ralph died in 1964 at the age of 69, Mabel died in 1977. They are both buried in the Katandra Cemetery.
Medals: British War Medal Victory Medal
Memorials: Earlston State School Honour Board
Main Honour Board, Memorial Hall, Violet Town
Copper Plaque affixed to the exterior wall, Memorial Hall, Violet Town
In 2013 a Callistemon - Kings Park Special - was planted in Orchid Street by Ralph’s daughter, Betty Opie.
© 2016 Sheila Burnell