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LOWIS, Ralph Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 5717 |
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Enlisted: | 28 May 1915 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Yandoit, Victoria, Australia, 18 September 1896 |
Home Town: | Newport, Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
Occupation: | Porter and Carpenter |
Died: | Natural Causes , Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 20 July 1960, aged 63 years |
Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
Memorials: | Yandoit Roll of Honour |
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World War 1 Service
28 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5717, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
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23 Jul 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Infantry Battalion, Posted to 8th reinforcement’s 14th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria. Issued Regimental No 1746. Did not embark 10th September 1915 | |
3 Dec 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 29th Infantry Battalion, Posted to 2nd reinforcement’s 29th Infantry Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria. Issued Regimental No 5388. Failed to embark 2nd occasion AWOL | |
24 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, Posted to 18th reinforcement’s 8th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria allocated Regimental No 5717. | |
3 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5717, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
3 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5717, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne | |
2 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Training Battalion, March in from Australia to 2nd Training Battalion UK for duty. Ex reinforcement’s 8th Battalion. | |
28 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Taken on Strength of the 67th Battalion at Windmill Farm UK for duty. | |
1 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the 8th Battalion in the field France | |
21 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5717, 8th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Wounded in Action Gassed Evacuated to 53rd General Hospital France, for treatment and convalescence | |
10 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5717, 8th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, Gassed 2nd occasion evacuated to 5th General Hospital France for treatment and convalescence | |
13 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5717, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment. Return to Australia on HT Soudan on 29June 1919 |
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