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Charles William RUFF

Regimental number916
Place of birthLuton England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressRockhampton, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Eliza Ruff, Bluff, Queensland Central Railway, Queensland
Enlistment date4 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name42nd Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/59/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 5 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll42nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 14 October 1917
Date of death4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialBedford House Cemetery (Plot XI, Row B, Grave No.62) Enclosure No.4, Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
136
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Eliza RUFF, Bluff, Queensland. Note different date of death
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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