LEST WE FORGET
Captain Henry Douglas Eyre RALFE
Service No: Not Assigned
Born: 29 May 1890, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the Army: 18 May 1915
Unit: No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Died: Air Operations, France, 6 May 1918, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Vignacourt British Cemetery, Vignacourt, Picardie, France
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Mary Rae Johnstone Ralfe (now Hon. Mrs. Holmes a Court) and the late Henry Ralfe (Barrister-at-Law). Native of Sydney, New South Wales
Place of Association: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 188, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Captain H. D. E. Ralfe and Lieutenant W. A. J. Buckland (Observer) were killed on patrol at dawn on May 6th. They were attacked by five German machines over the Morlancourt Ridge and were shot down in flames (1).
(1) RE8 aircraft A4404
Extract from Cutlack, F.M. (Frederic Morley) The Australian Flying Corps in the Western and Eastern Theatres of War 1914-8, Angus and Robertson Ltd Sydney, 1941 – Page 264
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record B2455, RALFE HENRY DOUGLAS EYRE
National Archives UK RAF Casualty Book AIR 1/969 page 236, 233373
Bibliography:
Muller, P. (Peter) and Hutchinson, J. (John) Secrets Revealed: a brief history of No. 3 Squadron RAAF, Lutheran Publishing House Adelaide SA 5000, 1991
Wrigley, H.N. (Henry Neilsen) (6) The Battle Below: Being the history of No. 3 Squadron AFC, Errol G. Knox Sydney NSW, 1935