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Gordon Cunningham RUE

Regimental number3464
Place of birthCanowindra, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressBelmore, Canowindra, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 6"
Weight132 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Agnes Ruse, Belmore, Canowindra, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date26 July 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 5 October 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll3464A
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll53rd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 1 November 1917
Discharge date26 June 1918
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 detailsMother's surname incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as RUSE.
SourcesNAA: B2455, RUE Gordon Cunningham

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