Ralph James JORDAN

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JORDAN, Ralph James

Service Number:	1214
Enlisted:	11 February 1916, Sale, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	37th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Drysdale, Victoria, Australia, 7 February 1885
Home Town:	Sale, Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural Causes, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia, 23 April 1961, aged 76 years
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Remains scattered at Cemetery
Memorials:	Sale Baptist Church WWI Honour Roll, Victorian Garden of Remembrance

World War 1 Service

11 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1214, 37th Infantry Battalion, Sale, Vic.
3 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 1214, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
3 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 1214, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of William James JORDAN and Eliza Jane JORDAN nee WHALE, Stawell Street, Sale, Victoria

Husband of Maud JORDAN nee WRIGHT

He enlisted in Sale and joined the 37th Battalion.
During the Great War he was gassed and bayoneted.
After returning back to Sale he worked on the railways. After having peritonitis he never worked a full-time job again. He was curator at Sale Baths and at one point was cleaner at Sale State School.
The family moved to Melbourne when his eldest son went there for work.

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