DRANSFIELD, Roy Victor
| Service Number: | 1046 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 October 1914, Kensington, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mudgee, NSW, 1893 |
| Home Town: | West Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Seedsman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ilford Roll of Honour WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), West Maitland Superior Public School Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1046, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Kensington, NSW | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1046, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1046, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Joseph Argyle and Ea Ellen DRANSFIELD
Quartermaster Roy Dransfield.
Mrs. Dransfield writes as follows: — "I am enclosing copy of letter (written on a piece of cardboard from our boy. Since this was written we have had cable messages from him, informing us that he was wounded; then, later that wounds were healing and he was about to embark from Malta for England. We also received official news from the Defence Department, informing us that he was seriously wounded with shrapnel between the 7th and 10th of August.' The letter from Quartermaster Bugler Roy Dransfield is from Gallipoli, 25/7/15:
— "Pleased to hear that you are all well. I am thankful to state I have been spared, while others near me have, been taken. Three months here without a spell makes us off-colour, but we hope to bo relieved soon. V. Lyne was killed a month ago. Major Scoble has returned, and is in charge of us. Had a chat with him the other day. It is time the military authorities established a store- here, as we are charged exorbitant prices for goods. Remember me to all enquiring friends." - September 1915
Private R Dransfield Killed
A private cabel was received yesterday from England, advising that Private Roy Dransfield had been killed in France. Private Dransfield, who was 23 years of age, was the second son of Mr. J.A. Dransfield, seedsman of West Maitland, nad he worked in the business with his father. He ws in the first lot to leave Australia for service abroad, and, with the 2nd Battalion, took part in the famous landing on Gallipoli. He came through that safely, and all subsequent fighting up to the action at Lone Pine, in which he was wounded. That was on August 6 last year, and it was on the same date that word of his death was received. Private Dransfield was invalided to Malta, thence to England, where he remained for some months, and returned to Egypt in the early part of this year. He was amongst the first of the Australians who landed in France. He was one of the most prominent members of the Robins Cricket Club, and for the Stuart Lawn Tennis Club. A younger brother, Sergeant H Dransfield, is with the 4th Reinforcements to the 31st Battalion, and is in training at Salisbury Plain, England. - August 1916
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