SABINE, Ralph Thomas
| Service Number: | 581 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 December 1914, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Laura, South Australia, 2 November 1874 |
| Home Town: | Walkerville, South Australia |
| Schooling: | St John's Grammar School, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 28 October 1915, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: |
Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli.Turkey Special Memorial, Row D, Grave 42 Rev. George Green officiated Headstone inscription reads:Greater love hath no man than this Commemorated in the North Road Cemetery,South Australia , Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gilberton Soldiers Memorial Swimming Reserve, Laura Primary School Memorial Plaques, Laura Public School Roll of Honour, Port Augusta St Augustine's Church Memorial Honor Roll, Walkerville St Andrew's Anglican Church WW1 Memorial Plaque, Walkerville St. Andrew's Anglican Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 581, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA | |
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| 2 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 581, 11th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 581, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Medic, Brisbane | |
| 29 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Trooper, 9th Light Horse Regiment, In the field when transferred to the 9th light Horse from the 11th Light Horse | |
| 29 Aug 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Transferred form the 11th Light Horse to the 9th Light Horse | |
| 28 Oct 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 581, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 581 awm_unit: 9 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-10-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Nicholas Egan
Margaret Phillips
Club Historian Gilberton Amateur Swimming Club Inc
Ralph was born on 2 November 1874 in Laura and attended St. John’s Grammar School in Adelaide. His brother L.G. Sabine, Bank of Adelaide, Tumby Bay was later made his next of kin.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Frederick Sabine and and Priscilla (nee Barkla) Sabine of Morgan, South Australia formerly of Cassie Street, Walkerville, SA. Brother of Elizabeth Caroline Sabine, Frank Langdon Sabine, Frederick William Sabine, Sydenham Sabine, May Gertrude Sabine, Nellie Sabine, Percy Sabine, Bertie Sabine and Gustavus Sabine,
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal