TEESE, Raymond Goulbourne
| Service Number: | 7579 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 June 1917, Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Toolamba, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Brighton, Bayside, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Elsternwick State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Borre British Cemetery Plot 1, Row A, Grave 17 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jun 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7579, 5th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne | |
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| 4 Aug 1917: | Involvement Private, 7579, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Aug 1917: | Embarked Private, 7579, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 19 Apr 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 7579, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7579 awm_unit: 5 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-19 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Raymond Goulbourne TEESE was born in 1897 in Toolamba, Victoria
His parents were William John TEESE and Alice Eliza SNOWDON who married on 23rd August, 1893 in Wickcliffe, Victoria
He married Grace ROCHE on 30th March, 1914 & had two children, Stanley Richard & George Raymond - divorced in 1917
He enlisted as Private on 12th June, 1917 and embarked with the 5th Infantry Battalion, 25th Reinforcements on HMAT Themistocles on the 4th August, 1917
Raymond died from a shell wound on 19th April, 1918 in Coestre, France and is buried in Borre British Cemetery
Inscription reads:
"LOVED IN LIFE, HONOURED IN DEATH, CHERISHED IN MEMORY
BY HIS DEAR ONES"
He was awarded the British War Medal & the Victory Medal & his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
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Raymonds father William John TEESE (SN1944) served in the 8th AASC and returned to Australia in 1916
His brother Norman Snowden TEESE (SN1954) served in the 1st Motor Transport Coy & returned to Australia in 1918
His son Raymond George TEESE (SN V508653 & VX18388) served in WW2 and was discharged in 1943
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Lance Corporal 3.10.17
Corporal 1.1.18
Acting Corporal 18.8.17
Acting Lance Corporal 4.2.18
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