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Cecil RUSH

Regimental number1390A
Place of birthRichmond River New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSawyer
AddressSea Breeze Hotel, Port Stephens, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs W C Rush, Nelson's Bay, New South Wales
Enlistment date3 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 13 February 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1390
Rank from Nominal RollCompany Sergeant Major
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 5 March 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Australian Capital Territory Garden of Remembrance
Medals

Croix de Guerre (France)


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 61
Date: 23 May 1919

Family/military connectionsBrother: 1045 Pte George Alfred RUSH, 9th Bn, killed in action, 25 April 1915; Sister: Sister: Sister Edith D. RUSH RRC, Australian Army Nursing Service, returned to Australia, 24 January 1920; Cousins: Captain Horace Roy RUSH, 20th Bn, killed in action, 15 November 1916; Lt Bertie Danson RUSH MC, 30th Bn, died of wounds, 4 September 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: Croix de Guerre, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death9 January 1924

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