RICKETSON, Staniforth
| Service Number: | 543 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Vic., 17 August 1891 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stock and Sharebroker |
| Memorials: | Buchan South Memorial Shelter |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 543, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 543, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Involvement Lieutenant, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Embarked Lieutenant, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Sharebroker and Soldier
Captain S. Ricketson, D.C.M., who returned from the front on Saturday, is a member of the Stock Exchange of Melbourne, by which body he was specially welcomed today. Mr. W. J. Roberts, chairman, referred to Captain Ricketson's early response to the war call, and to his gallant be havior at Gallipoli when, as a private,
he won the Distinguished Conduct Medal by rescuing an officer in the
open under heavy fire. On that occassion five bullets pierced Captain
Ricketson's tunic and cap. Captain Ricketson enlisted in 1914 as a member of the public schools' company of the 5th Battalion, of which he is still an officer. He was wounded twice, and mentioned in divisional orders in 1917.
Distinguished Conduct Medal
'For gallant conduct and great bravery on the 25th May, 1915, at Gaba Tepe (Dardanelles). When all his Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers had been killed or wounded, he showed great coolness and courage in rallying men under a very heavy fire, and his example and devotion to duty exercised the greatest influence over the men, and kept them steady under trying conditions. He also exhibited conspicuous bravery in digging in the open, and under a heavy fire, a shelter for a wounded officer.'
Source: 'London Gazette' No. 8858
Date: 6 September 1915
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