Ronald William INGRAM

Regimental number25250
Date of birth13 July 1887
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria, Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28.3
Height5' 9"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinFather, George Ronald Ingram, Seville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 March 1916
Place of enlistmentFeatherston
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 14th Reinforcements, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 26 July 1916
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 3), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George Ronald and Charlotte Ingram, Seville, Victoria, Australia. Native of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 26 June 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 22 August 1916; marched into Sling Camp, 23 August 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 26 September 1916; joined 1st Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, in the field, 12 October 1916.

Admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, 19 May 1917 (mumps); transferred to No 7 General Hospital, St Omer, 27 May 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 12 June 1917.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 7 July 1917.

Detached to Divisional Gas School, 1 August 1917; rejoined Bn, 8 August 1917.

Killed in action, Belgium, 12 October 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 17
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 18051923

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