FIELD  R.W.

Given Names:  Ralph William (Waldo)

               

Service Number:  1693

Unit:  46th Battalion, 2nd reinforcements                                                                          

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  19 Yrs  5 Mths

Occupation:  Salesman  

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  10¼ In                

Weight:  131 Lbs

Chest:  30-34 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Dark

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  9/2/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Edward Field

24 Fitzwilliam Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                   

Embarkation Date:  4/4/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Euripides A14

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Beltana  

Embarked:  2/6/1919                                 

Disembarked:  19/7/1919

Unit:  46th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Lance Corporal

Discharge Date:  2/9/1919                         

Place:  3MD

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  40655

Victory Medal:  40073

Other:    Military Medal

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  6/9/1896

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Edward James FIELD                  

Mother:  Edith Jane McPHERSON

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1935     

Place:             

Spouse: Mary Dignon CLEARY

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 1987                                 

Place: ,           

Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Military Medal recommendation dated 11/8/1918 for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the attack east of Hamel on the morning of 8/8/1918.

 

MEMORIALS

Auburn State School

Trinity Grammar

Kew War Memorial

Hawthorn Town Hall

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

Yes

 

Kew Rotary