| Regimental number | 1654 |
| Date of birth | |
| Place of birth | Gulgong, New South Wales |
| School | Gulgong Public School, New South Wales |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Butcher |
| Address | Gulgong, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 19 |
| Next of kin | Father, William George Rusten, Tallewang Road, Gulgong, New South Wales |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 6th Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/11/3 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A34 Persic on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 13th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Fate | Died of wounds |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
| Place of burial | St Sever Cemetery Extension (Block Q, Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 14), Rouen, France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 18 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in Gulgong Cemetery, New South Wales. Inscription reads: 'He rose responsive to his country, and gave for her, his best, his life, his all.' Parents: William George (b. 1853; d. 18 December 1932, bu. Gulgong Cemetery) and Sarah Jane (nee WRIGHT) RUSTEN (b. 1 September 1862; d. 26 October 1949; bu. Gulgong Cemetery)~ |
| Family/military connections | Brothers: 524 Pte Albert Patrick RUSTEN, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 11 May 1919; 1656 Gunner Joseph RUSTEN, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 20 May 1919; 1655 Gunner William John RUSTEN, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 22 May 1919. |
| Other details |
War service: with Artillery Details, Maadi, Egypt, 27 December 1915. Taken on strength, 25th Howitzer Brigade, Tel-el-Kebir, 27 March 1916, and posted tp 13th Battery. Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked at Marseilles, France, 25 June 1916. Transferred to 13th Field Artillery Brigade, 9 July 1916. On leave, 6-19 July 1917. Transferred to Brigade Headquarters, 15 February 1918. Died of concussion, 3rd Stationary Hospital Rouen, 10 July 1918. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
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