John Ker RAMSEY

Regimental number4/125A
Date of birth1891
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCattle trader
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 8.25"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinMother, Georgina Ramsey, c/o Bank of Australasia, Threadneedle Street, London, England
Enlistment date9 August 1914
Final rankSapper
Final unitNo 1 Field Company, New Zealand Engineers
FateDied of wounds 11 January 1918
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialYpres Reservoir Cemetery (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No 21), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Georgiana John (formerly Ramsey), 53 Russell Square, London, England, and the late Paul Julius Kitz
Medals

Military Medal

'For bravery in the field.'
Source: 'London Gazette'
Date: 28 January 1918

Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked Alexandria for Gallipoli, 12 April 1915.

Detached from Details Camp to proceed to Anzac Sidi Bishr, Alexandria, 3 August 1915; rejoined unit, 9 August 1915.

Admitted to Field Ambulance, 13 September 1915; rejoined unit, 17 September 1915 (no further details recorded).

Disembarked Alexandria, 26 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Embarked Alexandria for France, 6 April 1916.

Awarded Military Medal, in the field, 28 October 1917.

Wounded in action, 11 January 1918 (gun shot wounds, left face and right thigh), and admitted to 101st Field Ambulance.

Died of wounds, 11 January 1918.

Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName does not appear on Nominal Roll.
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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