Topic: AIF - 1B - 3 LHR
3rd LHR, AIF
3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Joseph Marmion Ranford
Joseph Marmion Ranford's name on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial
Joseph Marmion Ranford
Service number: 183
Rank: Serjeant
Unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 4 August 1916
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: RANFORD, Serjt. Joseph Marmion, 183. 3rd Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 4th Aug., 1916. B. 66.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Joseph Marmion Ranford from The AIF Project:
Regimental number | 183 |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Ganger |
Address | Paxton Street, Semaphore, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 33 |
Next of kin | Father, Joseph Ranford, Paxton Street, Semaphore, South Australia |
Enlistment date | 22 August 1914 |
Rank on enlistment | Corporal |
Unit name | 3rd Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/8/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 20 October 1914 |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action 4 August 1916 |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | *Stated to be Marmion Joseph on NR |
Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 66), Egypt |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 4 |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 954 Lance Corporal Clem RANFORD, 3rd Light Horse, killed in action, 31 October 1917; 3183 Sergeant Herbert Gordon Maxwell RANFORD, 3rd Light Horse, returned to Australia, 17 July 1919. |
Other details | War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 3rd LHR, Roll of Honour, Joseph Marmion Ranford