Ralph Lancelot BACCHUS

Regimental number22751
Place of birthAustralia
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinWife, Mrs R L Bacchus, Karaka Bay, Wellington
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Rifle Brigade, 7th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 27 May 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Fate15 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsCaterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mrs Bacchus, Otaki, and the late Captain G.H. Bacchus, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Wife: Enid Ellis (formerly Bacchus), 12 Clifton Road, Takapuna, Auckland
Family/military connectionsBrother: 22750 Rifleman John Harold BACCHUS, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 33, p. 29