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Rupert Ernest HANBURY

Regimental number5604
Place of birthBendigo Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationTailor
AddressEileen, High Street, Prahran, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs Minnie Hanbury, Eileen, High Street, Prahran, Victoria
Enlistment date27 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll1 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 25 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 13 March 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Family/military connectionsBrother: 5603 Lance Sergeant Edward Jame HANBURY, 23rd Bn, returned to Australia, 9 July 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death22 October 1937

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