BURN, Ralph Lionel
| Service Number: | 2777 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 April 1916, Normanton, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Jericho, Tasmania, January 1887 |
| Home Town: | Croydon, Croydon, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salvation Army officer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Wavell Heights, Queensland, 3 November 1953 |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld MON-GP5-38A-12 |
| Memorials: | Croydon Volunteers Roll of Honor, Croydon War Memorial, Normanton Carpentaria Shire Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2777, Normanton, Queensland | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2777, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2777, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney | |
| 4 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 42nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2777, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, GSW (right leg, arm and hip) | |
| 4 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2777, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Medically discharged due to wounds |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
"The No Vote. By Corporal R. L. Burn, 42nd Battalion, France.
We've just got a cable to tell us,
The news of the vote of the war,
And, by Jove, if I thought it was gospel,
I'd never go back any more.
There must he an error or something,
Such news can never be true,
A country go hack on her soldiers,
That's more than the Germans would do.
We're here, in the muddy wet trenches,
Within a few yards of the foe,
We've learnt that Australia has answered,
Our asking for help with a "No."
We're tired, we're weary and wounded,
With death above and below.
Yet we'd sooner be here with the heroes
Than back with the crowd that said
"No." - from The Telegraph 8 Sep 1917 (nla.gov.au)
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