Stratford memorial hall

Ralph Dorchel Doughty was born in 1891, the eighth and youngest child of William and Susanna Doughty of Stratford, New Zealand. He spent his early years growing up in Stratford and went through the public education system. A few years later (when he was old enough), he went on to serve for 5 years in 'H' Battery for the New Zealand Field Artillery service.
Ralph served with the AIF, enlisting in the 1st Australian Artillery Division, on the 24th August 1914, NSW, with the Field Artillery Brigade 1, Battery 2, with allotted regimental number: 193 and the rank of bombardier (but he never forgot where he grew up, mentioning the family he left behind back in Stratford, NZ) through his nearly three years of service, when he completed five day-by-day diaries that can be read at the link: Lieutenant Ralph. D. Doughty MC, photograph in the Stratford Memorial Hall Roll of Honour, and his diaries can be read by clicking on the link below. http://www.thekivellfamily.co.nz/military_history/ralphs_diaries/Ralph_D...