John Tasma Delacy RATCLIFFE

Regimental number428
Place of birthColebrook Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address84 Warwick Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Ratcliffe, 84 Warwick Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Enlistment date30 July 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMachine Gun Company 4, Reinforcement 6
AWM Embarkation Roll number24/9/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 20 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Motor Transport Company
FateReturned to Australia 20 December 1917
Date of death26 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialCornelian Bay Cemetery (Portion Church of England, Plot V, Row 17, Grave No. 477), Hobart
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
179
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Mary RATCLIFFE. Native of Colebrook, Tasmania