Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Flood, Ralph Cecil

Born 8^th April 1895 Sheffied Tasmania to Arthur William and Mary Elizabeth Flood (nee Scott) a blacksmith he and his brother Harold Clifford Flood embarked Hobart 1^st. July 1916 on board “HMAT Berrima” with the 40^th Infantry Battalion.

During an attack at Passchendaele on the 13^th October 1917 he was hit by a shell and killed instantly. He is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

His brother Harold Clifford Flood died of enteric illness in England.

The past week has been a sad one for many families in the Huon. Evidently our lads have been in the thick of the fighting and among the fallen are several well known Huonites who have given their all for the Empire. Early in the week a cable notified Mr Arthur Flood of Cygnet that his son Ralph had been killed in action and the sad news aroused the deepest sympathy for the bereaved ones. Mr Flood has had more than his share of sorrow of late. Cyril, the eldest boy first volunteered in the early days of the war and has been wounded and ill on several occasions. Shortly afterwards Mrs Flood passed away after a brief illness and when the 40^th was being raised Harold and Ralph, fine lads both, and their father’s right hand in his business heard the call and volunteered. Harold contracted fever on the voyage and succumbed on the arrival of the transport at Plymouth and Ralph went to France with his regiment. Gaining distinction as a bomber he was appointed instructor in a school in England where he expected to remain and his father received a letter from him on the same day as the fateful telegram notifying his death in which he said he was to stay in England all the winter. Cyril is now the only one left of these three volunteers and is in the firing line in France.

The Weekly Courier 15^th November 1917

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