BACCHUS, Ralph Lancelot
| Service Number: | 22751 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Rifleman |
| Last Unit: | Unspecified New Zealand Army Units |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 5 December 1877 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 15 September 1916, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated Caterpillar (New Zealand) Memorial |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Rifleman, 22751, Unspecified New Zealand Army Units |
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Son of Mrs. Bacchus, of Otaki, and the late Capt. G. H. Bacchus, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Enid Ellis (formerly Bacchus), of 12, Clifton Rd., Takapuna, Auckland.
Enlisted 07 February 1916 1st Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Corporal John Harold Bacchus and Lance-Corporal Ralph Lancelot Bacchus, both of the New Zealand Infantry. They were the second and third sons of the late Captain G. H. Bacchus, 7th Dragoon Guards and New South Wales Artillery, and Mrs. Bacchus, Otaki, New Zealand. The two brothers fell in action on the
same day — September 15 last year.
Mr. R. L. Bacchus leaves a wife (daughter of the late Mr. R. H. Harnett) and two children.
His Brother John Harold Bacchus was born in Borneo and is therefore not eligible for listing on the VWMA