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Ralph Taylor DELANEY

Regimental number4787
Place of birthLeichardt, Victoria
SchoolSt Joseph's Convent School, Bunbury, Western Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationPostal official
Address120 Palmerston Street, Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, Mr W T Delaney, Sterling Street, Bunbury, Western Australia
Enlistment date7 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll51st Battalion
FateDied of disease 13 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialMelcombe Regis Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 3095), Dorset, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
152
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Postmaster General's Department Roll of Honour, Commonwealth of Australia Building, Perth, Western Australia. Dedicated to 'Officers from Western Australia who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918'. Parents: William Thomas and Catherine DELANEY, 'Lilydale', Bunbury, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 5082 Pte Thomas Walter DELANEY, 48th Bn, returned to Australia, 13 February 1917; Uncle: Pte Michael DELANEY, 16th Bn, died of sickness, 25 October 1915.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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