Whitfeld, Ralph Alister
Person: id 4329
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USyd
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World War I
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Family name
Whitfeld
Given name(s)
Ralph Alister
Initials
R.A.
Gender
Male
Early education
Tertiary education
Combined start dates
1914
Education notes
Education was interrupted by the war. Began Med in 1914 - Med III in 1916 recommenced in 1919
Military service
Survived
Survived WWI
Death
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M.B., Ch.M. : Lance-Corporal, 56th Battn., A.I.F., France. Enlisting 1st April, 1916, and sailing 23rd June, joined battn. in France and fought at the Somme, Hindenburg Line and Bullecourt, where wounded in May, 1917. Rejoined battn., was gassed at Villers- Bretonneux in June, 1918, but on recovery served again with battn. until demobilisation. Early education at Sydney Grammar School.
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