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Identity
Person No.
4578
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
William Ralph
Initials
W R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Grave Reference
Location
Additional Information
Notes
Had fourteen months service with Queensland Imperial Bushmen prior to Anglo-Boer war; served twenty months (1901-1902) with Queensland Imperial Bushmen during Anglo-Boer war; was six months at Army HQ, Pretoria, in 1902; final rank, Lieutenant, Queen's and King's Medal (three clasps); was on Anglo-Germany Boundary Commission in East Africa, 1904-5; served in Zululand Rebellion, 1906. joined 2nd M.R. (Natal Carbineers) in 1914, rank Lieutenant; and saw service in during Rebellion and in GSWA to July 1915; gazetted to 1st Cape Corps, 6/10/1915, rank Captain. Commemoration stone in Sunderland (Bishopwearmouth) Cemetery
Citation
LG Sup 27 July 1918 pg 8968 - "For distinguished service in connection with Military Operations in East Africa"
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project