Ralph Cooke CULLINAN

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CULLINAN, Ralph Cooke

Service Number:	922
Enlisted:	1 March 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	St Joseph's School, South Yarra, Victoria
Occupation:	Bookseller
Died:	Illness (Bronchitis following Tetanus), 1st Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, Egypt, 31 December 1915
Cemetery:	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row M, Grave 88 Rev T.A. Campbell officiated, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

1 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 922, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 922, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
13 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 922, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Ralph Cullinan and Marian Helen Cullinan nee Williams of Wangaratta, Victoria. Brother of Annie Florence Cullinan, Jeanne Myrtle Cullinan, Mary Anthony Cullinan, Eric Patrick Cullinan and Roger Maxwell Cullinan

Next of kin given as Sister Mary Anthony Cullinan of Convent of Mercy, Wodonga, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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