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Aubrey Beverley STUART-RUSSELL

Regimental number6571
Place of birthCamooweal, Queensland
SchoolPrivate tuition and St Joseph's College, Nudgee, Brisbane, Queensland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFarmer
AddressEumundi, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 8.5"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Stuart Russell, Eumundi, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date24 April 1916
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A36 Boonah on 21 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular'Until nearly 14 years of age he lived on Yelvertoft, his Father's cattle station in the Camooweal district where he learned to love bush life. He was an only son.' (details from mother)
FateDied of wounds 4 July 1918
Place of death or woundingHamel, France
Age at death25.6
Place of burialCrouy British Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 12), Crouy-Sur-Somme, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
77
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William George and Elizabeth Mary Agnes STUART-RUSSELL, Eumundi, North Coast Line, Queensland. Native of Camooweal, North Queensland
Family/military connectionsCousins: [453] Lt Eric Sheen DOWLING, 1st Light Horse Regiment, died of wounds, 18 November 1917; Lt Cecil Henry STUART-RUSSELL, 17th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, d. 7 September 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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