Harry Lionel RING

Badge Number: 5849, Sub Branch: Prospect
5849

RING, Harry Lionel

Service Number: 366
Enlisted: 17 January 1916, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 43rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Goodwood, SA, 29 June 1894
Home Town: Kensington Park, Burnside, South Australia
Schooling: Pulteney Street High School
Occupation: Bank Official
Died: Fremantle, WA, 28 April 1962, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
Crematorium Rose Gardens-Garden U-0171
Memorials: Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book
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World War 1 Service

17 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 366, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA
9 Jun 1916: Involvement Private, 366, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
9 Jun 1916: Embarked Private, 366, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Sergeant, 366

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

HARRY LIONEL RING was born on 29th June, 1894, at Goodwood, South Australia, the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Ring, of Adelaide. He was educated at the Pulteney Street High School, Adelaide, and joined the Bank’s staff at Port Adelaide on 3rd May, 1913. His subsequent transfers were to Moree, New South Wales, in April, 1914; and to Coonamble, as ledgerkeeper, in August, 1915.

Harry Ring enlisted in the A.I.F. 43rd Battalion on 16th December, 1915, and left Australia in June, 1916. He was on active service in France until the end of the war, having been promoted to sergeant in January, 1917, and he received his discharge in October, 1919.

Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour

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