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Rupert Gilchrist WHICKER

Regimental number8087
Place of birthLiverpool, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressGlenhuntly, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation44
Next of kinWife, Mrs E Whicker, 5 Maroona Road, Glenhuntly, Victoria
Enlistment date21 August 1917
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameTunnelling Companies (September 1916-February 1918): June 1917 Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Indarra on 26 November 1917
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Tunnelling Company
FateDied of disease 14 September 1918
Place of burialBath Cemetery (Plot C, Row H, Grave 64), Somerset, England.
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
27
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Walter Groves amd Susannah WHICKER
Family/military connectionsSon: [2577] 2nd Lieutenant Bertie Walter WHICKER, 5th Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, returned to Australia, 30 April 1919.
Other detailsMarried Ellen WARD, 20 June 1896 at Ballarat, Victoria.

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