Ancestor Details

Name of Ancestor: Samuel Ralphs

Ancestor's date of birth: 1873

Ancestor's date of death: 1949

Cause of Death: Age related

Service and Life Before the Boer War: Born at Bombala NSW. Served in the New South Wales Permanent Military Forces 4½ years.

Service Number: 309 (A Bty) and 2673 (1 ACH)

Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Sydney

Unit: A Battery Royal Australian Artillery, 1 Bn Australian Commonwealth Horse.

Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: 1902

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): PTE, Date Effective: 15/11/1915

Murray Page: 55 and 174

Contingent: Second New South Wales and First Australian.

Ship: Warrigal, Date of Sailing: 30/12/1899

Ship: Custodian, Date of Sailing: 16/02/1902

Memorial details: Detail not provided.

Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queen and King's South Africa Medals with clasps. British War Medal and Victory Medal.

Personal Characteristics: Height: 172 cm, weight: 64 kg of fresh complexion with black hair and hazel eyes.

Reasons to go and fight: A serving soldier.

Details of service in war: 1900 - August 1901 in Cape Colony and Transvaal with A Battery RAA. March - May 1902 on Natal border and west Transvaal with 1 ACH.

Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia 9-13 August 1902 on the Drayton Grange. Married Hildred. Worked as a miner and lived at Bombala NSW. Joined the AIF (20 Bn, 10^th Reinforcements) 15 November 1915, private No 4251. Trained in Egypt then served in France, suffered from rheumatism, returned to Australia and was medically discharged 14 November 1916.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: shirley Barrette, Warilla NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: great niece

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