RAMAGE, Ronald Roy Sivell
| Service Number: | 1580 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 April 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Young, NSW, 1894 |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Superior Public School Hay |
| Occupation: | Cashier |
| Memorials: | Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1580, 18th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1580, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1580, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Ronald was the eldest son of Mr. J.W. Ramage of North Sydney. He was born at Young in 1894 and educated at the Superior Public School at Hay. He joined the clerical staff of the Sydney Morning Herald about eight years ago.
He enlisted on April 15, 1915, with the 18th Battalion, being attached ot the machine gun section, and after training in Egypt, served in the Gallipoli campaign until the near end of that famous adventure. He was in both the Lone Pine and Suvla Bay engagements. Proceeding afterwards to France he took part in much fighting on the Western Front, being gassed at Villers Bretonneux and wounded at Flers. He returned to Australia at the end of May 1919.
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