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RALSTON, Robert Gavin
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 1174, Q187499 |
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Enlisted: | 5 October 1914, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1 Garrison Battalion (QLD) |
Born: | Napier, New Zealand, 15 July 1884 |
Home Town: | Wellcamp, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Grazier |
Died: | Natural Causes, Lota, Queensland, 19 December 1947, aged 63 years |
Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
5 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 1174, 9th Infantry Battalion, Toowoomba, Queensland | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 1174, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SN 1174, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 1174, 9th Infantry Battalion, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli | |
25 Apr 1915: | Wounded 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli, Knee | |
29 Dec 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, SN 1174, 9th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
25 Jun 1940: | Involvement Private, SN Q187499, 1 Garrison Battalion (QLD) , Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces | |
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25 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SN Q187499, 1 Garrison Battalion (QLD) | |
25 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, SN Q187499, Gaythorne, Queensland | |
29 Dec 1941: | Discharged Private, SN Q187499, 1 Garrison Battalion (QLD) | |
29 Dec 1941: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SN Q187499, 1 Garrison Battalion (QLD) |
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"RALSTON.- The Funeral of the late Robert Gaven Ralston, formerly of Toowoomba, will leave his late residence, Villiers St., Lota, this (Saturday) Afternoon at 3 o'clock for the Toowong Cemetery. Private Interment. By request no flowers..." - from the Brisbane Telegraph 19 Dec 1947 (nla.gov.au)