BRABAZON, Ralph Austin
| Service Number: | 1651 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 21 December 1914, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mullingar, Westmeath, Ireland, 14 August 1879 |
| Home Town: | Portsea, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Wounds received in action – gunshot wounds to buttock & side, Herne Bay Military Hospital, United Kingdom, 26 June 1918, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
Herne Bay Cemetery Row T, Grave 110 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Queenscliff Royal Australian Garrison Artillery Third Military District Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Dec 1914: | Enlisted Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 19 Feb 1915: | Involvement 1651, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Feb 1915: | Embarked 1651, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 16 Jul 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Private, 5th Infantry Battalion, was briefly RSM in training 1/2/1915 | |
| 23 Jul 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Sep 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Jan 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Private, 5th Infantry Battalion, Reverted to Private? | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1651, 5th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, SW head | |
| 14 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1651, 5th Infantry Battalion, GSW buttock and side DOW, Military Hospital, Herne Bay, Kent, England | |
| 26 Jun 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1651, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1651 awm_unit: 5 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-06-26 |
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The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 26th June......Sergeant Ralph Austin Brabazon was born at Mulligar, County Westmeath, Ireland in 1879.
According to information provided for the Roll of Honour by his wife – Ralph came to Australia when he was 3 years old. The Brabazon family were passengers on the Earl Dalhousie which departed from London, via Plymouth on 13th November, 1879 & arrived at the port of Brisbane on 7th February, 1880. The Brabazon family had embarked from Plymouth, England. The family consisted of John Brabazon & Mrs Brabazon & their children – William, Robert, Anne, Jane, Sinen, John, Joseph, Samuel & Infant (assumed to be Ralph).
Ralph Brabazon, Private in Royal Australian Artillery at Portsea, Victoria, reported to Victorian Police in July, 1910 that 2 items had been stolen from him.
Ralph Austin Brabazon enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 21st December, 1914 as a 34 year old Clerk from Portsea, Victoria.
Ralph Austin Brabazon married Adelaide Cain on 15th February, 1915.
Regimental Sergeant Major Brabazon arrived at Egypt on 3rd April, 1915. He reverted to rank of Private on being taken on strength of his Unit with 5th Battalion on 26th May, 1915 while posted at Anzac. He was promoted up through the ranks to Sergeant in July & September 1915.
Sergeant Brabazon was hospitalised 3 times between 19th September, 1915 & 20th January, 1916.
Sergeant Brabazon arrived in France on 17th May, 1916. He was hospitalised on 29th May, 1916 then embarked for England on Hospital Ship Caledonian with Influenza where he was admitted to 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, England on 13th June, 1916 with Bronchitis. He was discharged on 25th September, 1916 & posted to No. 1 Command Depot at Perham Downs, Wiltshire.
Sergeant Brabazon returned to France & rejoined 5th Battalion on 21st June, 1917. He was wounded in action on 20th September, 1917 with shrapnel wounds to head & rejoined his Unit on 1st November, 1917.
Sergeant Brabazon was wounded in action (2nd occasion) on 14th June, 1918. He was invalided to England & admitted to Military Hospital, Herne Bay, Kent, England on 17th June, 1918 with gunshot wounds to side & arm (severe) (previous reports state he was wounded in the thigh.
Sergeant Ralph Austin Brabazon died at 5.45 am on 26th June, 1918 at Military Hospital, Herne Bay, Kent, England from wounds received in action – gunshot wounds to buttock & side. He was buried in Herne Bay Cemetery, Herne Bay, Kent, England.
NOTE: the original research is being amended today to include more War Memorials and Rolls of Honour he is named on.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/herne-bay.html
Biography
Ralph Austin BRABAZON was born on 14th August, 1879 in Mullingar, Westmeath, Ireland
His parents were John BRABAZON and Hannah Jane AUSTIN who also came to Australia c. 1881
His father John died in 1891 in Moonee Ponds, Victoria and his mother Hannah Jane died in 1907 Essendon, Victoria
Ralph married Adelaide CAIN in 1915 in Victoria - Adelaide died on 29th September 1935 and is buried in Sorrento Cemetery with her parents John & Julia CAIN
He previously served with the Royal Australian Garrison Artillery -3rd Military district (see story on profile for more details of previous service)
He enlisted on 21st December, 1914 with the 5th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements - Unit embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Runic on 19th Feb. 1915 - Service No. 1651
Ralph died in Herne Bay Military Hospital from gunshot wounds to his arm and is buried in Herne Bay Cemetery , Row T , Grave 110, Herne, Kent, England
COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/3056306/BRABAZON,%20RALPH%20AUSTIN (www.cwgc.org)
ARTICLE with further information
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AUSTRALIA - links to his online war records
LINK TO MORE DETAILS OF HIS WAR SERVICE - AIF
https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=29726 (www.aif.adfa.edu.au)
IN MEMORIAM NOTICE - The Argus 26th June 1919
BRABAZON - In proud and loving memory of my gallant husband Ralph who laid down his life for his country on June 26th 1918 after three and a half years service, R.I.P). My Anzac Hero
The Argus 6th July, 1918 - Alice E Knight, Ballangeich
BRABAZON - on the 26th June at Herne Bay Military Hospital of wounds received in action, Sergeant Major Ralph Austin Brabazon, Portsea, youngest son of the late John and H. Brabazon of Johnston House, County Westmeath, Ireland. Loving brother of S Brabazon (Malvern) Mrs. D W C Shires (Sydney) and the late Mrs. W J Grantham of Kerferd St East Malvern, after 3 and a half years active service, Egypt, Gallipoli, France - aged 37 years. An Anzac - Honoured, loved & mourned - loved husband of Adelaide, Portsea aged 37 years R I P. Gods will be done
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