RAVERTY, Joseph Horace
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 7 September 1916, Returned to Australia 08 February 1919 |
| Last Rank: | Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Chaplains' Department |
| Born: | Brunswick, Victoria, 19 May 1890 |
| Home Town: | Broadmeadows, Hume, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clergyman (C of E) |
| Died: | Williamstown, Victoria, 13 March 1956, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) , Returned to Australia 08 February 1919 | |
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| 30 Sep 1916: | Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney |
Chaplain's Appreciation
THE LATE PRIVATE J. L. CUMMINS
CHAPLAIN'S APPRECIATION.
Mrs A. Cummins, Tatura, is in receipt of a letter from the Rev I. H. Raverty, Chaplain second Australian Pioneers, France, who writes concerning the death of her son:
—"It is with deep regret I write concerning the death of your son, Private J. L. Cummins, and offer you my sincerest sympathy. My own brother having been killed in the same battle enables me to understand your feelings somewhat. They are noble men. I use the present tense because they still live, though in a different sphere. To me their death is the culminating point of a long sacrifice, which commenced on enlistment. They laid their all on the altar of their country's need, and God accepted their offering in the service of humanity. The road which they completed under shell fire enabled us to rush our guns through after the advance and saved thousands of lives. Your son's death together with many
comrades was the price paid. Let us not mourn as without hope. A nobler death they could not die, and I believe that in the dawn of eternity our Lord shall pronounce to them, Well done, good and faithful servant."
Kyabram Guardian Tuesday 27 November 1917 page 3
Submitted 4 April 2018 by Adrian Jones
Biography
Born 19 May 1890 in Brunswick, Victoria
Died 13 March 1956 in Williamstown, Victoria.
Son of Henry Joseph and Mary Beatrice RAVERTY (nee Allison)
Joseph Horace Raverty enlisted in the AIF as Chaplain on 7th Sep. 1916 after previously serving 10 months at Broadmeadows camp as Chaplain.
His rank was Captain (Chaplain 4th class)
Enlisted 07 September 1916 for Continuous Service
Joseph embarked from Sydney 30th Sep 1916 on board A60 “Aeneas.” To France and Flanders and operations with the 2nd Pioneer Btn from 5th Sep. 1917. He went to the UK in November 1917 and to 3rd Australian Aux Hospital June 1918. Rank now Major (Chaplain) as of the 7th Sept 1918 and was medically downgraded because of illness in Nov 1918. He returned to Australia on board the “Miltiades” 8 Feb 1919 and Discharged from the AIF Chaplains Department on the 18 May 1919.
Joseph met a South African born Nursing Sister Alice Bird Hancorn-Smith. Who served with the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve in France and Flanders. She Married Chaplain Major Joseph Horace Raverty in London, March 1918. She Embarked from England for Melbourne Australia on duty 18th Nov. 1918 on board the “Gaika”
Joseph and Alice lived in Williamstown for most of the remained of their lives and have a daughter born in 1924.
Joseph also had a younger brother John Henry Rupert RAVERTY born 1892 who also joined to 2nd Pioneers Battalion and left for France 6 weeks after Joseph. He died of wounds received in battle on the 21 Sep 1917 in Belguim
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