ELRINGTON, Ralph Murray
| Service Number: | 397 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 June 1915, Liverpool, NSW 17th Light Horse Regiment |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 29 May 1894 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Manly Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Jackeroo |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 April 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Noreuil Australian Cemetery, Picardie Row F, Grave 14. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Manly War Memorial NSW |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 397, Liverpool, NSW 17th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 19 Jun 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 397, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 397, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 1 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 397 | |
| 17 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Apr 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 397, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 397 awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-19 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Ralph Murray ELRINGTON was born in 1894 in Manly, NSW
His parents were Hamilton Deere ELRINGTON and Lucy De Sales O'CONNOR who married in St Phillips Church on 11th January 1882 in Sydney
He enlisted in Liverpool, NSW on 9th June, 1915 & embarked from Sydney with the 19th Infantry Battalion, A Company on 25th June 1915 on the HMAT Ceramic
Ralph was Killed in Action on 19th April, 1917 in France and is buried in the Noreuil Australian Cemetery in France
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial , The Many Rugby Football Club Roll of Honour, Manly War Memorial Roll of Honour & the St Matthews Anglican Church Manly WW1 Honour Roll.
He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Vitory Medal
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Ranks:
Acting Sergeant 29.12.16
Private 3.1.17
Temporary Corporal 7.1.17
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His Great Grandfather Captain Thomas Gerard ELRINGTON who served in the Peninsula War
His Grandfather Major Richard John Elrington served in Crimea with the 10th Hussars
His brother Cecil John ELRINGTON (SN4483) was Killed in Action on 5th May, 1917
Another brother Hamilton ELRINGTON (SN5076) served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919.
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