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RALPH, Arnold Henry Thomas

Service Number:	7040
Enlisted:	22 September 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Maldon, Victoria, Australia, 19 February 1890
Home Town:	Maldon, Mount Alexander, Victoria
Schooling:	Maldon Primary School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Fireman
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 27 October 1917, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot 20.F.18.B.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maldon Fire Brigade Pictorial Honour Roll, Maldon Fire Station Private Arnold Ralph Memorial Photograph

World War 1 Service

22 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7040, 8th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
23 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 7040, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 7040, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
27 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7040, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, SW to right thigh sustained at Westhoek Ridge. Evacuated to 2nd Canadian CCS at Lijssenthoek, where he died of his wounds later the same day.

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