COLLEY, Ralph Alexander
Service Number: | 37395 |
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Enlisted: | 22 February 1917, Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Bombardier |
Last Unit: | Field Artillery Brigades |
Born: | Berry, NSW, 21 March 1894 |
Home Town: | Kiama, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Sydney Shore Church of England Grammar School |
Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 29 September 1918, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Doingt Communal Cemetery Extension, Picardie, France I C 43, Doingt Communal Cemetery Extension, Doingt, Peronne, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Berry Honour Roll, Berry War Memorial, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney WW1 Honour Roll, Kiama Scots Presbyterian Church Great War Honour Roll, Northbridge (Shore) Sydney Church of England Grammar School Memorial Cricket Ground Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
22 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 37395, Field Artillery Brigades, Sydney, NSW | |
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5 Nov 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 37395, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
5 Nov 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 37395, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney | |
29 Sep 1918: | Involvement Bombardier, 37395, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 37395 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Bombardier awm_died_date: 1918-09-29 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Alexander John and Charlotte Kendal COLLEY, Kiama, New South Waless
Gunner Ralph Alexander Colley, who died of wounds in France on September 29, at 24 years of age, was the only son of the late Mr. A.J. Colley, manager of the Enlgish, Scottish and Australian Bank, Berry, and Mrs. Colley, of Kiama. Gunner Colley was educated at the Sydney Church of England Grammar School, North Sydney, and at the time of enlisting - in February, 1917 - was an officer of the Parramatta branch of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney.