Joseph Marmion RANFORD

Regimental number183
Place of birthPort Adelaide South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGanger
AddressPaxton Street, Semaphore, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinFather, Joseph Ranford, Paxton Street, Semaphore, South Australia
Enlistment date22 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name3rd Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/8/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 22 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Light Horse Regiment
FateKilled in Action 4 August 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Stated to be Marmion Joseph on NR
Place of burialKantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 66), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
4
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 954 Lance Corporal Clem RANFORD, 3rd Light Horse, killed in action, 31 October 1917; 3183 Sergeant Herbert Gordon Maxwell RANFORD, 3rd Light Horse, returned to Australia, 17 July 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal