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Nationality: Rank: Regiment: Age: Born : Date of Death: Additional information: Marital status : Schooling : Occupation : Physical description : Height : Weight : Skin color : Hair : Eyes : Other marks : Religion : Awards : Cemetery : |
Ranson Clarence Gordon
Australian Serjeant 27th Bty. 7th Bde. Australian Field Artillery 26 Springfield , nr Scottsdale , Tasmania 16 october 1917 Son of Samuel Ranson of Scottsdale , Tasmania Single Bushman 5'10" = 1.77 m 182 lbs = 82 kg Fair complexion Brown Blue None Church of England Military Medal Brandhoek New Military Cemetery N°3 Plot I , Row L , Stone 26 
Military Medal
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Military footsteps
1 november 1915 16 january 1916 1 april 1916 20 may 1916 18 july 1916 3 october 1916 24 november 1916 29 november 1916 3 december 1916 4 december 1916 25 december 1916 1 january 1917 9 january 1917 24 june 1917 13 september 1917 16 october 1917 |
Enlisted at Ross , Tasmania Promoted Acting Corporal Promoted Acting Serjeant Temp. Serjeant 8th Field Artillery Bde. Divisional Artillery Company Embarked at Melbourne per HMAT 'Medic' Disembarked at Plymouth Taken on strength 3rd Divisional Artillery Company. Proceeded overseas to France Admitted to Dressing Station sick , not yet diagnosed Discharged to duty Rejoined unit Admitted to the 11th Dressing Station , transferred to 11th Australian Field Ambulance and moved to the 2nd Casualty Clearing Station with influenza. Promoted full Serjeant Discharged to duty and rejoined unit. Awarded Military Medal 'On the night of 7/8 June 1917, near Ploegsteert, Belgium, while the nearby area was being heavily shelled, Sgt Ranson saved six members of an infantry unit from a gas attack. He provided aid and succedeed in getting all to a dressing station. Afterwards, Sgt Ranson suffered the affects of the gas. For his actions he was awarded the Military Medal'. Transferred to the 7th Field Artillery Brigade and taken on strength Killed in action |
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HMAT 'Medic'
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