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Ralph Edgar ANDRESEN

Regimental number2102
Place of birthBundaberg, Queensland
SchoolState School
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationWeighbridge clerk
AddressCrofton Street, Bundaberg, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Hilmar Andresen, Crofton Street, Bundaberg, Queensland
Enlistment date7 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A26 Armadale on 20 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 29 July 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death19.7
Place of burialCerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 5), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
106
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Hilmar and Maria ANDRESEN, Branyan Street, West Bundaberg, Queensland
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2101 Sergeant Orlando ANDRESEN, 26th Bn, returned to Australia, 31 March 1919.
Other details

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

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