AYRTON, Raymond Alsager
| Service Number: | 11291 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia, 15 February 1893 |
| Home Town: | Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telegraphist |
| Died: | 1989, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Parkes District Roll of Honor, Parkes Methodist Church Roll of Honor, Parkes Methodist Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 11291, 1st Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 15 Jan 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 11291, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 15 Jan 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 11291, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 16 Mar 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 11291, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged to the Royal Flying Corps with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant | |
| 17 Mar 1917: | Involvement Royal Flying Corps | |
| 29 Jan 1918: | Discharged 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged from the Royal Flying Corps back to the AIF | |
| 30 Jan 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Lieutenant Raymond Alsager Ayrton RFC also had two periods of service with the 2nd Field Artillery Brigade AIF. Raymond Alsager Ayrton enlisted with the 1st Field Artillery Brigade during August 1915. Shortly after transferring to the Royal Flying Corps on the 16 March 1917, Raymond was injured on the 16 May 1917, when training with the 37th Reserve Squadron in England his RE8 aircraft spun at 1500ft, recovered at 50ft and side slipped into the ground. He subsequently transferred back to the AIF on the 30 January 1918, joined the 2nd Field Battery as a 2nd Lieutenant. He finished the war as a Lieutenant, returning to Australia in mid-1919.