IRONS, Ralph Granville
| Service Number: | 2449 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 September 1915, Holsworthy, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Granville, Sydney, New South Wales, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Grammar School & Sydney University |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 24 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension Plot V, Row E, Grave 17, Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Warloy-Baillon, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Granville St Mark's Anglican Church Memorial Windows, Granville War Memorial, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 2449, 1st Field Company Engineers, Holsworthy, NSW | |
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| 11 Dec 1915: | Involvement Sapper, 2449, 1st Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 11 Dec 1915: | Embarked Sapper, 2449, 1st Field Company Engineers, RMS Mooltan, Sydney | |
| 24 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 2449, 1st Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Ralph Granville IRONS was born in Granville, Sydney, NSW in 1893
His parents were Thomas IRONS and Matilda BOSHIER who married in Sydney in 1876
He had previously service for 2 years with the CMF at Sydney University before he enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW on 20th September, 1915 & embarked with the 1st Field Company Engineers, 12th Reinforcements on the ship Mooltan on 11th December, 1915
Ralph was wounded on his arm & thigh by a shell at Pozieres and died of these wounds on 24th July, 1916 at the 1/2 South Midland Field Ambulance - he is buried at the Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension
Medals: British War Medal & Victory Medal
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