Regimental number | 3464 |
Place of birth | Canowindra, New South Wales |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Belmore, Canowindra, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Height | 5' 6" |
Weight | 132 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Agnes Ruse, Belmore, Canowindra, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 1st Battalion, 11th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/18/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 3464A |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 53rd Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength, 1st Bn, Tel el Kebir, 6 January 1916. Transferred to 53rd Bn, 14 February 1916. Allotted Regimental No 3464A, 9 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 28 June 1916. Appointed Lance Corporal, 4 September 1916; promoted Temporary Corporal, 30 December 1916; Corporal, 10 January 1917. Admitted to 15th Australian Field Ambulance, 10 March 1917 (pyrexia, unknown origin), and transferred same day to Casualty Clearing Station; to Ambulance Train No 9, 11 March 1917, and admitted same day to 8th General Hospital, Rouen; transferred to England, 17 March 1917, and admitted to 3rd Southern General Hospital, Micral Street, Monyhull, Birmingham, 18 March 1917; transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 26 March 1917; marched in to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 16 June 1917. Marched in to No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 15 August 1917; marched in to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 4 October 1917. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Anchises', 1 November 1917; discharged (medically unfit: dilation of heart), 26 June 1918. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Mother's surname incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as RUSE. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, RUE Gordon Cunningham |