Ralph Henry LOWIS

LOWIS, Ralph Henry

    Service Number: 5717
    Enlisted: 28 May 1915
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Yandoit, Victoria, Australia, 18 September 1896
    Home Town: Newport, Hobsons Bay, Victoria
    Occupation: Porter and Carpenter
    Died: Natural Causes , Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 20 July 1960, aged 63 years
    Cemetery: Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
    Memorials: Yandoit Roll of Honour

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    World War 1 Service

    28 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5717, 8th Infantry Battalion
    23 Jul 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Infantry Battalion, Posted to 8th reinforcement’s 14th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria. Issued Regimental No 1746. Did not embark 10th September 1915
    3 Dec 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 29th Infantry Battalion, Posted to 2nd reinforcement’s 29th Infantry Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria. Issued Regimental No 5388. Failed to embark 2nd occasion AWOL
    24 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, Posted to 18th reinforcement’s 8th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria allocated Regimental No 5717.
    3 Jul 1916: Involvement Private, 5717, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
    3 Jul 1916: Embarked Private, 5717, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne
    2 Sep 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Training Battalion, March in from Australia to 2nd Training Battalion UK for duty. Ex reinforcement’s 8th Battalion.
    28 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Taken on Strength of the 67th Battalion at Windmill Farm UK for duty.
    1 Nov 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the 8th Battalion in the field France
    21 Mar 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5717, 8th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Wounded in Action Gassed Evacuated to 53rd General Hospital France, for treatment and convalescence
    10 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5717, 8th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, Gassed 2nd occasion evacuated to 5th General Hospital France for treatment and convalescence
    13 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5717, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment. Return to Australia on HT Soudan on 29June 1919

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