Ralph Brunker PENNY

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PENNY, Ralph Brunker

Service Numbers:	518, 95
Enlisted:	8 March 1916, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire, England, 15 August 1879
Home Town:	Claremont, Glenorchy, Tasmania
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Bank Clerk & Surveyors Assistant
Died:	Illness, Tasmania, Australia, 27 March 1959, aged 79 years
Cemetery:	Springfield Cemetery Springfield (St Pauls) Anglican Churchyard, Tasmania
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 518, 6th Western Australian Mounted Infantry

World War 1 Service

8 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 95, 40th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tasmania
1 Jul 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 95, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart
1 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 95, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 40th Infantry Battalion
14 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 95, 40th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed

Ralph Brunker PENNY was born in Barrow upon Soar, Leistershire, England on 15th August, 1879

His parents were Henry James PENNY & Susan BRUNKER

He married Edwina Evelyn BOSTOCK on 2nd February, 1920 in St Barnabas Church, Scottsdale, Tasmania

He served as a Private in the Boer War (SN 518) with the 6th Western Australian Mounted Infantry and returned to Australia in April, 1902 on the ship Columbian

He enlisted to serve during WW1 (SN 95) on 8th March, 1916 in Claremont Tasmania and embarked from Hobart on the HMAT Berrima with the 40th Infantry Battalion on 1st July, 1916 - he returned to Australia on 30th April, 1919 and was discharged on 14th August, 1919

Ralph died in Tasmania on 27th March, 1959 and is buried in the Springfield (St Paul) Anglican Churchyard

He was recommended for a Military Cross on 29th December, 1918 - his last rank was Lieutenant

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