FLOOD, Ralph Cecil
| Service Number: | 192 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 March 1916, An original member of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sheffield, Tasmania, Australia, 8 April 1895 |
| Home Town: | Cygnet, Huon Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 13 October 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kentish Municipality Honour Roll Mural, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Port Cygnet Soldiers Memorial, Port Cygnet State School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 192, 40th Infantry Battalion, An original member of A Company | |
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| 1 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 192, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 192, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart | |
| 13 Oct 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 192, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 192 awm_unit: 40th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-13 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Ralph Cecil Flood enlisted the same day as his brother 191 Pte Harold Clifford Flood and they were issued consecutive regimental numbers in the 40th Battalion.
They left Hobart 1 July 1916, and arrived in Devonport, England, 22 August 1916, where Harold was admitted to hospital and died a month later from enteric. Ralph Flood spent almost twelve months training in England before he was sent to the front in Belgium. He arrived there one day before he was killed in action near Passchendaele. His remains were never found.
Another brother, who had enlisted in Tasmania with the 12th Battalion during 1914, Cyril Flood, was returned to Australia in late 1918 on ‘1915 leave’.
The local paper reported “Pte. Ralph Flood was so successful as a bomb thrower that he was selected as an instructor, a letter to this effect having been received only a few days ago by Mr. Flood; The letter also contained the news that Ralph had been sent to a military school in England and that he anticipated remaining there for the winter. The news of his death therefore came as a greater shock, as his friends and relations in Cygnet did not know he had again been transferred to France.”
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