Ranson, Joseph Robert

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B.A., LL.B. : Lieutenant, 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery, A.I.F., France. Enlisting 23rd September, 1915, and sailing 7th October, 1916, as second-lieutenant with reinforcements, joined 31st Battn. and was seconded to 8th L.T.M. Battery on the Somme, 4th March, 1917. Was in heavy fighting until severely wounded at Bullecourt 3rd May, rejoining battery on recovery and serving until death. Promoted lieutenant, n th August, 1917. Killed in Action, Mericourt, 4th July, 1918, while in charge of four light trench mortars, and buried in Mericourt l 'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension. Early education at Fort St. High School. His life was pure, he died as he lived

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1898

Early education at Fort Street High School, Millers Point, NSW, Australia 1898
1908

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1908
1914

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1914
1915

Enlisted 23 Sep 1915
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Military service as Lieutenant at France --, France
1918

Death in Mericourt-l'Abbe -Mericourt- Somme, France 4 July 1918

Gender

Male

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