Rupert James CREW

CREW, Rupert James

    Service Number: 3523
    Enlisted: 19 August 1915, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Yass, New South Wales, 1897
    Home Town: Byrock, Bourke, New South Wales
    Schooling: Yass Public School, New South Wales
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Illness (Appendicitis), Government Hospital, Suez, Egypt, 24 November 1915
    Cemetery: Suez War Memorial Cemetery
    Row C, Grave 60 Rev. A.H. Longley officiated Headstone inscription reads: To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die, Suez War Memorial Cemetery, Suez, Suez Canal, Egypt
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bourke & District War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    19 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3523, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
    13 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 3523, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
    13 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 3523, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of George and Elizabeth Louisa Crew of Menangle Street, Picton, NSW formerly of Bourke Street, Byrock, NSW.

    Brother of Valentine Frederick Crew who returned to Australia on 1 February 1918 having served with the Australian Army Medical Corps and Alfred Bywong Crew who returned to Australia on 22 June 1920 having served with the 30th Battalion

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Also served in the cadets

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