Ponton, Ronald George

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Med. II : Private, A.A.M.C., A.I.F., France. Enlisting 23rd August, 1915, and sailing 1st May, 1916, with 9th Australian Field Ambulance, arrived at Armentieres in November and served continuously through Messines, Warneton, Ypres and Passchendaele as a stretcher-bearer until wounded at Villers- Bretonneux 4th April, 1918. After seven months in Canadian Hospital, Taplow, Dartford Hospital and camps in England, returned to France just before the Armistice and served until demobilisation. Early education at Port Macquarie Superior Public and Fort St. High Schools.

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1895

Birth in Ballina -- NSW, Australia 1895
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Early education at Fort Street High School, Millers Point, NSW, Australia
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Early education at Port Macquarie Superior Public School, Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia
1915

Enlisted 23 Aug 1915
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Military service as Private at France --, France
1923

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1923
1923

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1923

Gender

Male

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