RADFORD, Ernest
| Service Number: | 2629 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Toft, Cambridgeshire. , 1891 |
| Home Town: | Junee, Junee, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer. |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 28 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Strand Military Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Wallonie, Belgium Plot II. Row B. Grave 5. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2629, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2629, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Jun 1891 Radford Ernest Caxton 3b 479.
He was 26 and the son of Arthur John [died 1929] and Alice Radford [died 1936], of Childerley, Caxton, Cambridge, England.
In 1909, he married Sarah Badcock of Caldecote.
He arrived in Australia aged 19. Enlisted Junee, New South Wales,13th September 1916, aged 25,
Religion:Church of England.
He is remembered on the family grave in Caldecote Churchyard and on the War Memorial in the church of Ss Peter and Paul in Dry Drayton. It takes the form of a white marble tablet mounted onto a brown marble backboard with the inscription in black lettering..
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