Regimental number | 5757 |
Place of birth | Camperdown, New South Wales |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | 5 Cahill Street, Camperdown, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18.8 |
Height | 5' 6" |
Weight | 128 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs M.J. Russell, 5 Cahill Street, Camperdown, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served for 3 months in the 29th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces; previously rejected for enlisment on account of varicocele ('operated on & cured at the Garrison Hospital, 16/2/16.') |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 1st Battalion, 18th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/18/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Photo: Robert and Sandra Crofts |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Aeneas', 31 May 1919; discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 5 September 1919. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 24 |
Place of burial | Rookwood Necropolis (Sec. R.C. 10, 602), Sydney, New South Wales |
Sources | NAA: B2455, RUSSELL John Rudolph |