Service No: 1798 Private 60th Battalion, 59th Battalion
Born: Sydney, NSW NOK: Sister: Jane RABINOVITCH Of 45 Leslie St, Balaclava, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: Junior Cutter Enlisted: 4 January 1915 in Melbourne Victoria Embarkation: 13 March 1915 Age: 18 years Served in the Middle East & France Killed in Action: 19 July 1916 Buried: VC Corner Australian Cemetery & Memorial, Fromelles, France
Australian Jewry Roll of Honour
RACKSTRAW, Alexander Russell
Service No 372 Corporal 14th Battalion
Born Toorak, Vic. Son of Francis and Catherine RACKSTRAW Of Port Welshpool, South Gippsland, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Fisherman Enlisted 19 September 1914 Killed in action 30 April 1915 Commemorated Courtney's and Steel Post Cemetery
RAE, Frederick James
Service No: 6399 Corporal 4th FAB Transferred to AFC Lieutenant 69th Squadron, 3rd Squadron
Born; Blackwood, Victoria Father: James RAE Of Yea, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: School Teacher Enlisted: 18 August 1915 Embarkation: 18 November 1915 from Melbourne per ‘Wiltshire’ Age: 32 years Served in Egypt, France & England Illness Returned to Australia: May 1918 per ‘Karoola’ Appointment Terminated: 26 June 1918 Medically Unfit
Education Department of Victoria Record of War Service 1914-1919
RALEIGH, George Hebden
Brevet Major Royal Flying corps 4th Sqdn and Essex Regiment
Son of William Thorp Raleigh and Matilda Jane RALEIGH Of Melbourne, Australia. Mentioned in Despatches Killed in action 20 January 1915 Aged 36 years Buried Dunkirk Town Cemetery, France
University of Melbourne Records of Active Service
RAMAGE, Thomas Stanley
Service no 1397 Private 13th Battalion
Born Violet Town, Vic. Husband of Mrs RAMAGE Of The Rock, NSW Occupation prior to enlistment Labourer Enlisted 29 October 1914 Killed in action 21 May 1915 at Gallipoli Aged 22 years Buried Shrapnel Valley Cemetery
RAMSAY, Alan Hollick
Service No: 7000 Lieutenant 4th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: 12 March 1895 at Windsor, Victoria Father: Charles RAMSAY Of 40 Elm Grove, East St Kilda, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: School Teacher Enlisted: 1 October 1915 Embarkation: 18 November 1915 from Melbourne per ‘Wiltshire’ Age: 20 years Served in Egypt, France & England Returned to Australia: 10 June 1919 per ‘Runic’ Appointment Terminated: 2 August 1919 Awarded Meritorious Service Medal Also Served in WW2 Service No: VX27
Education Department of Victoria Record of War Service 1914-1919
RANDALL, Francis Hugh
Service no 889 Private 22nd Battalion
Father of Lily RANDALL of Barkley Street, Maryborough, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Baker Enlisted 10 February 1915 Killed in action 01 October 1915 at Gallipoli Buried Shrapnel Valley Cemetery
RANDLE, Percy Charles Stafford
Service No: 581 Lance Corporal 28th Battalion
Born: 1880 at St Arnaud, Victoria Son of Charles & Mary RANDLE Of Argus Office, Melbourne, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: Clerk Enlisted: 17 March 1915 Embarkation: 29 June 1915 from Fremantle per ‘Arcanius’ Served in Egypt, Gallipoli & France Wounded in Action: 29 July 1916 Killed in Action: 16-18 October 1916 Commemorated at Villers Bretonneux Memorial, France
Western Mail Friday 15 September 1916
RAPHAEL, Fredrick Felix John
Service no 1590 Private 21st Battalion
Born Melbourne, Vic. Next of Kin John RAPHAEL Of 61 Blair St., Eas Brunswick, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Boilermaker Enlisted 10 May 1915 at Seymour, Vic. Served in France Killed in action 15 November 1916 in France Commemorated Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Australian Jewry Roll of Honour
RAPKINS, Frank
Service no 1170 Private 10th Battalion
Son of Eliza RAPKINS Of Elmhurst, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Labourer Enlisted 14 September 1914 Killed in action at Gallipoli 19 May 1915 Buried Beach Cemetery
The Australasian Saturday 17 July 1915 page 33
RASDELL, Harold William
Service number 1400 Private 14th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
Born in South Yarra, Vic Son of William and Rose RASDELL of Lexton, Vic Occupation prior to enlistment Fencer Enlistment date 13 October 1914 Served in Gallipoli Killed in Action 8 August 1915 Aged 20 No known grave Commemorated at The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 42), Gallipoli, Turkey
Australasian Saturday 09 October 1915 page 32
RAVERTY, Joseph Horace
Captain Chaplain (4th Class) 4th Command Depot
Born 19 May 1890 in Brunswick, Victoria Died 13 March 1956 in Williamstown, Victoria. Son of Henry Joseph and Mary Beatrice RAVERTY (nee Allison) Joseph Horace Raverty enlisted in the AIF as Chaplain on 7th Sep. 1916 after previously serving 10 months at Broadmeadows camp as Chaplain. His rank was Captain (Chaplain 4th class) Joseph embarked from Sydney 30th Sep 1916 on board A60 “Acneas.” To France and Flanders and operations with the 2nd Pioneer Btn from 5th Sep. 1917. He went to the UK in November 1917 and to 3rd Australian Aux Hospital June 1918. Rank now Major (Chaplain) as of the 7th Sept 1918 and was medically downgraded because of illness in Nov 1918. He returned to Australia on board the “Miltiades” 8 Feb 1919 and Discharged from the AIF Chaplains Department on the 18 May 1919 Joseph meet a South African born Nursing Sister Alice Bird Hancorn-Smith. Who served with the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve in France and Flanders. She Married Chaplain Major Joseph Horace Raverty in London, March 1918? . She Embarked from England for Melbourne Australia on duty 18th Nov. 1918 on board the “Gaika” Joseph and Alice lived in Williamstown for most of the remained of their lives and have a daughter born in 1924. Joseph also had a younger brother John Henry Rupert RAVERTY born 1892 who also joined to 2nd Pioneers Battalion and left for France 6 weeks after Joseph. He died of wounds received in battle on the 21 Sep 1917 in Belguim
Courtesy of John Allison
RAW, Walter Whitfield
Service no 3527 Lance Sergeant 59th Battalion
Born Hawthorn, Vic. Son of John and Esther RAW Of 15 Shoobra Road, Elsternwick, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Student Enlisted 08 March 1915 Served in Egypt and Western Front Killed in action 19 July 1916 in France Aged 20 years Commemorated VC Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial
University of Melbourne Records of Active Service
RAWLINGS, William Reginald
Service No: 3603 Rank: Private 29th Battalion
Born Purnim, Victoria Son of William and Bessie Rawlings, Purnim, Victoria Occupation prior to Enlistment: Horse breaker Enlistment Date: 20 Mar 1916, Warrnambool, Victoria Served In: France Killed in Action 9th August 1918 Resting: Heath Military Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France – Plot I., Row A.Grave 19 Awarded the Military Medal for bravery during heavy fighting along Morlancourt Ridge 28th-29th July 1918.
RAWLINSON, Arthur James
Service no 1035 Private 24th Battalion
Born Picnic Point, NSW Brother of Fanny RAWLINSON Of 860 Mt. Alexander Road, Essendon, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Labourer Resided Convalescent Home, Cheltenham, Vic. Enlisted 10 March 1915 Killed in action 12 October 1916 at Gallipoli Aged 19 years Commemorated Lone Pine Memorial