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Ralph Osborne HARWOOD

Regimental number2360
Place of birthLiverpool, England
SchoolWickham Public School, Wickham, NSW
Age on arrival in Australia2
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationApprentice
Address205 Hannell Street, Wickham, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Francis Harwood, Hannell Street, Wickham, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the R.A.N.R. and was called out for service on the outbreak of war.
Enlistment date10 May 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll11 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 14 July 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular"He was the Grandson of Major T.N.J. Buckley, VC RE (Indian). Major buckley obtained the VC for the blowing up of the Magazine at Delhi." Details from Mother.
FateKilled in Action 30 November 1915
Place of death or woundingTasmans Post
Date of death30 November 1915
Age at death19.3
Place of burialShell Green Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 3), Gallipoli
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
36
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ralph and Mary Harwood, 10 Kerr Street, Mayfield, Newcastle, New South Wales. Native of Liverpool, England
Family/military connections7 Cousins who enlisted in Tasmania of whom four were killed.

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