UPTON, RALPH ELDRIDGE ROEBUCK

 Person: id 42088
University connections
UMelb
Event flag
World War I
Family name
UPTON
Given name(s)
RALPH ELDRIDGE ROEBUCK
Initials
R.E.R.U.
Gender
Male
Start date
1906
Survived
Survived WWI
OCRd book entry or other narrative
M.C.E.G.S.; solicitor; cricket blue, football half-blue. Rejected 1914; left for England February 1915, and joined Inns of Court O.T.C. 9.9.15; commissioned in 8th Hampshire Regt. 7.7.16; France September 1916; Lieut. January 1917; gassed and invalided May-September 1917; back to unit November 1917; seriously wounded 25.3.18 and invalided till September 1918; ill September 1919. Awarded M.C. 25.3.18. Demob. and returned 22.2.20.
Year commenced - MELBOURNE UNI ONLY
1906
UniMelb Category
Returned
 
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