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RALSTON, Robert Ramsay Ireland

Service Number:	6889
Enlisted:	22 August 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Preston, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Preston, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	South Preston State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

22 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6889, 6th Infantry Battalion
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6889, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6889, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

Enlisted and served under alias Robert Ramsay Irav Ralston