LINDSAY, Ralph Ashton
| Service Number: | 2036 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 May 1916, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mallala, South Australia, Australia, 24 August 1895 |
| Home Town: | Mallala, Mallala, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 25 April 1918, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No Known Grave. Instead, his name is memorialised on the Australian National War Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux., Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide The 50th Battalion Commemorative Cross, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mallala District of Grace WW1 Roll of Honor, Mallala Primitive Methodist Church LINDSAY Memorial Window, Mallala Public School Roll of Honor, Mallala War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 4 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2036, 50th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA | |
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| 13 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 2036, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 2036, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide |
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Private Ralph Ashton Lindsay (2036) was born in Mallala, on 24th August, 1895. His parents were George Weatherall Lindsay and Martha Ashton Jury. He had four sisters and five brothers. He grew up on his parents’ farm.
At the age of twenty years and eight months, he enlisted in the Australian Army. A farm labourer, he was 5 ft, 7 ¾ inches tall with grey eyes and light brown hair. On 13th July 1916 he embarked with his unit on board the Seang Bee from Adelaide to Plymouth.
Following further training in the UK he joined the 50th Battalion in France in December, 1916.
In October, 1917, after overstaying his leave by two days, he was ordered to forfeit six days pay.
In March 1918, he was admitted to hospital with scabies. In April, he rejoined his unit in the field. Tragically, he was killed in action on April 25th 1918, the date we now mark as Anzac day. Along with thousands of others, he is buried in the Villers-Bretonneux Cemetery, France. A headstone to his memory is in the Mallala Feltwell Cemetery.
He was awarded the British War medal and the Victory Medal.
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