8th Infantry Battalion
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Ronald Hamilton Sumner (SN 391) born at Learmonth, was a 21 year old bank clerk when he enlisted in Melbourne on August 17th 1914. With the 8th Infantry Battalion, he embarked aboard the Benalla on October 19th and took part in the Gallipoli landing of April 25th 1915. He suffered as chest wound at the landing and was evacuated to hospital in Egypt. While recovering from his wounds he developed tonsilitis. He was moved to France in April 1916 but in June 1917 he was withdrawn to England prior to returning to Australia aboard the Euripides. He disembarked at Melbourne on September 18th 1917 and was discharged ‘family reasons’ on October 1st.
