Wilfred James RALSTON

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Service Number:	11890
Enlisted:	11 September 1915
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
Born:	Oaklands Junction, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Bulla, Hume, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Groom
Died:	Illness (Lobar pneumonia), France, 12 July 1918
Cemetery:	Vignacourt British Cemetery, Picardie
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bulla War Memorial, Sunbury War Memorial

11 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 11890, 3rd Field Artillery Battery
28 Jan 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 11890, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jan 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 11890, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
12 Jul 1918:	Involvement Driver, 11890, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 11890 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Divisional Ammunition Column awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1918-07-12

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Wilfred RALSTON was born at Oaklands Junction during 1896.

His father, David John Ralston worked at the Oaklands Hunt Club and it is assumed that Wilfred also worked there as a groom.

Wilfred joined the AIF on 11/9/1915 and left Australia on 28/1/1916 aboard the HMAT Themistocles as part of the Australian artillery.

Wilfred died of disease (Lobar Pneumonia) at the 61st Casualty Clearing Station on 12/7/1918.

He is buried at the Vignacourt British Cemetery, near Amiens.