Ray Furley Lewis D'OMBRAIN

D'OMBRAIN, Ray Furley Lewis

    Service Number: 19621
    Enlisted: 17 December 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: AIF Depot HQ UK (AIF)
    Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 15 December 1888
    Home Town: St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 27 May 1944, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Dec 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 19621, Depot Battalion , Melbourne, Victoria
    20 May 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 19621, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Sydney
    20 May 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 19621, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
    5 Jun 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Bombardier, 19621, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Wounded In Action -- G.S.W. Right Hand -- France
    4 Dec 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, AIF Depot HQ UK (AIF) , T.O.S. from -- 8th Field Artillery Brigade
    23 Jul 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Bombardier, 19621, AIF Depot HQ UK (AIF) , Embarked England for -- Australia per H.M.T. "Canberra"
    11 Sep 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Bombardier, 19621, AIF Depot HQ UK (AIF) , Disembarked Melbourne, Australia
    7 Dec 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 19621, AIF Depot HQ UK (AIF) , Discharge from service -- Medically Unfit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    On 8 January 1919 Ray married Ethel Mary Preece in the Parish Church, Monmouth, England. Vicar A.E. Monahan officiated.

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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