KILVERT, Ralph Blomiely
| Service Number: | 5615 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 February 1916, Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Manchester, Lancashire, England, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Hawksburn, Victoria |
| Schooling: | City Council School, Manchester |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Gun shot wounds, Belgium, 5 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XX, Row H, Grave 20A, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5615, 24th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne | |
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| 25 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5615, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5615, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, DoW at Poperinge 5 Oct 1917. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Ralph Blomiely KILVERT was born in Manchester, Lancashire, England in 1884
His parents were Frank KILVERT & Sarah Ellen ELLIS who married in St Pauls, Hulme, Lancashire on 1st May, 1878
Ralph married Jessie BOOTH in 1911 in England and they arrived in Australia in June 1911 on the ship Orsova - they had two known children
1. Annie Sylvia b. Sydney 1912 who died in Victoria in 1912
2. Ralph Anthony b. 1915 Victoria - he served in WW2 as a Captain (SN VX117195) and was discharged in 1946
He enlisted in Melbourne on 7th February, 1916 & embarked on the ship HMAT Shropshire on 25th September, 1916 with the 24th Infantry Battalion, 15 reinforcements
He died of gunshot wounds at the No. 2 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station on 5th October, 1917 and is buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
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