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Ralph Mervyn BAWDEN

Regimental number3113
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
SchoolHeathfield State School, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationHorse driver
AddressAldgate, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Bawden, Aldgate, South Australia
Previous military service74th Infantry
Enlistment date2 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name50th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/67/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 25 September 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXV, unable to read), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
150
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Elizabeth BAWDEN. Native of Aldgate, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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