Ernest Boscawen (Ernie) RANCLAUD MC, MID

RANCLAUD, Ernest Boscawen

    Service Numbers: 1212, Officer
    Enlisted: 13 October 1915
    Last Rank: Major
    Last Unit: 15th Light Horse Regiment
    Born: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand , 2 November 1874
    Home Town: Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
    Schooling: Geelong Grammer School then Newcastle Grammar School
    Occupation: Grazier
    Died: Stroke, His residence in Forster, New South Wales, 22 October 1953, aged 78 years
    Cemetery: Forster Cemetery, NSW
    Plot: Ang, D20.
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    Boer War Service

    1 Oct 1899: Involvement Lieutenant, 3rd New South Wales Imperial Bushmen
    1 Oct 1899: Involvement Lance Corporal, 1212, New South Wales Imperial Bushmen
    23 Apr 1900: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 1212, New South Wales Imperial Bushmen, Embarked from Sydney for South Africa on the SS Armenian.
    5 Aug 1900: Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 1212, New South Wales Imperial Bushmen, Elands River, Relief Force.
    4 May 1901: Transferred Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 3rd New South Wales Imperial Bushmen
    24 Oct 1901: Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 3rd New South Wales Imperial Bushmen, Campaigned in Eastern Transvaal.
    12 Jul 1902: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 3rd New South Wales Imperial Bushmen, R.T.A. from Durban, Natal on SS Drayton Grange. Arrived at Sydney on 11 August 1902.

    World War 1 Service

    13 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, 2nd Remount Unit
    11 Nov 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Remount Unit, Commonwealth Gazette [Issue No. 140] page 2902. Remount Units.
    22 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Remount Unit, Embarked from Sydney on RMS Orontes, arriving at Suez on 22 Dec 1915.
    22 Dec 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Remount Unit, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations
    28 Jun 1917: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, 1st Aust. Camel Bn. Lieutenant.
    6 Nov 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 3 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, Acting Captain recommended for M.C. for leadership under fire.
    3 Jun 1918: Honoured Military Cross, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, 1st Aust. Camel Bn. Captain.
    1 Jul 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 15th Light Horse Regiment
    1 Jul 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 15th Light Horse Regiment, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations
    30 Aug 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 14th Australian General Hospital, Admitted after bouts of Malaria.
    16 Sep 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 15th Light Horse Regiment, Rejoined unit after hospitalization for malaria.
    15 Jan 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Major, 15th Light Horse Regiment, R.T.A. from Suez on SS Berrima, to be struck off strength following Armistice.
    8 Mar 1919: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, His MID is published in London Gazette's Second Supplement No. 31219 on 8 March 1919.
    10 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Major, 15th Light Horse Regiment, Appointment Terminated. 1st M.D.
    Date unknown: Involvement AIF WW1, Major, Officer, 15th Light Horse Regiment

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