Ronald Dudley SOUTHON MC

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Service Number:	695
Enlisted:	23 February 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, 3 December 1890
Home Town:	Prospect Hill, Alexandrina, South Australia
Schooling:	University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation:	Mining Engineer
Died:	Natural causes, Mombasa, Kenya, 19 January 1968, aged 77 years
Cemetery:	Kisauni Cemetery, Mombasa, Mombasa, Kenya
Memorials:	Broken Hill Rifle Club Honour Roll, Broken Hill South Mine Roll of Honour

23 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 695, Keswick, South Australia
1 May 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 27th Infantry Battalion
31 May 1915:	Involvement 695, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked 695, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
23 Sep 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 27th Infantry Battalion
27 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 27th Infantry Battalion
19 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 27th Infantry Battalion
5 Apr 1918:	Honoured Military Cross, Broodseinde Ridge, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on night of 7/8 October 1917 at Broodseine Ridge when he went through a heavily shelled area to the front line after many runners had become casualties and telephonic communications was impossible, visited all the companies, and returned with his information to battalion headquarters, entailing a walk of over two miles in the height of the bombardment.
31 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 27th Infantry Battalion

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