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Ernest RUFFLEY

Regimental number24519
Place of birthStalybridge England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressRiverside Road, East Fremantle, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, T Ruffley, Riverside Road, East Fremantle, Western Australia
Previous military service86th Infantry
Enlistment date15 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameDivisional Ammunition Column 3, Section 2
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/91/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 6 June 1916
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A37 Barambah on 27 June 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Name does not appear on Nominal Roll
Date of death13 May 1917
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No.8) Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
21
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Susan RUFFLEY, Riverside Road, East Fremantle, Western Australia. native of Stalybridge, Lancs, England

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