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Guy Walter Ralston

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Headstone of Gunner Guy Walter Ralston (23270). Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. New Zealand War Graves Trust (BECL0048). CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Headstone of Gunner Guy Walter Ralston (23270). Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaa …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Guy Walter AWMM
  • Surname
    Ralston AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 23270 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1889 AWMM Rangitikei, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    to Australia at nine years of age Public - Brian - Researcher - 8 July 2016 - AWM Roll of Honour
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Toowoomba, Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    John Bryce Ralston (father), Wellcamp, Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 23270 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Grazier/Civilian AWMM
    Australia AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of John Bryce Ralston and Elizabeth (his wife) of Wellcamp, Darling Downs, Queensland.

    Native of New Zealand

    Arrived in Australia aged 9, educated at the Grammar School at Toowoomba.

    Wounded at Paschendaele Ridge, Ypres. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    4 October 1917 AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XX. F. 5. AWMM
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08 July 2016BrianMelbourne, AustraliaResearcher

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