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Ravenor, Herbert

Born 21^st August 1893 Speenhamland Newbury England to Richard and Charlotte Christian Ravenor (nee Bland) a planter who spent some years in British Central Africa and was the first man to grow tobacco there on a large scale.  Whilst there held 1^st prize for marksmanship 5 years running in the B.C.A. Rifle Corps.

He embarked Melbourne 19^th February 1915 on board “HMAT Runic” with the 15^th Infantry Battalion.

Lance Corporal Ravenor received a bullet wound in the shoulder at Gallipoli and expatriated to Malta to recover.  He rejoined the 15^th on the 11^th August 1916 and was killed in action 27^th August 1916 in France and is commemorated in the Pozieres British Cemetery Ovillers-La Boisselle, France.

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