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Ralph Gavel
4791
Private
53rd Battalion, Australian Infantry
January 7, 1896
Mithowra, New South Wales
September 1, 1915
Cootamundra, New South Wales
Deniliquin, New South Wales
Militia
18
5 feet, 9 inches
Fair
Blue
Fair
Single at Enlistment (Married in 1919, Kent, England)
Labourer
Church of England
William Stillman Gavel (Father) Leeton, New South Wales
January 4, 1920 (Sydney, Australia)
November 14, 1965
Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium,
North Ryde, Ryde City, New South Wales, Australia
Ralph Gavel was the son of William Stillman Gavel (1855-1934) and Margaret (Fisher) Gavel (1860-1946).
His brothers, Andrew Alan Gavel (1880-1959), William Peters Gavel (d. 1966), and Sidney John Gavel (1894-
1916), also served during WWI. The four boys were the grandsons of Andrew Stillman Gavel, born in Gavelton,
Yarmouth Co., NS.
While serving in England Ralph married Dorothy Mildred Perryman of Lamberhurst, Kent, UK, on February 10,
1919. Ralph returned to Australia on November 12, 1919, and was discharged on January 4, 1920 at Sydney,
Australia.
Ralph also enlisted during WWII and served with the Citizen Military Forces of the Australian Army. His service
No. was N69505 and his wife, Dorothy was listed as Next of Kin.
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