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RUSTON, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6888 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 February 1917, Enlisted Wangaratta allocated to 19th reinforcement’s 22nd Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria on 15th March 1917. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia , 14 April 1883 |
| Home Town: | Queanbeyan, Queanbeyan, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Natural Causes , Brisbane Queensland Australia , 20 July 1961, aged 78 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6888, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Wangaratta allocated to 19th reinforcement’s 22nd Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria on 15th March 1917. | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 6888, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 6888, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 20 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Training Battalion, March in to 6th Training Battalion UK from 19th reinforcement’s to 22nd Battalion ex Australia. | |
| 27 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the 22nd Battalion in the field France | |
| 19 Dec 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Detention Barracks, FGCM Charge illegal absentee from 8th May to 24th June 1918. Arrested LeHavre under escort to Battalion Sentence 2years Hard Labour | |
| 18 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6888, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment Sentence revoked on release from Prison 19th June 1919. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Pam Hamilton
Late of Ariah Park Temora NSW 1915; Everleigh Street Sydney 1916; Moore Street Fitzroy 1919; Cooma New South Wales 1930; Ipswich Queensland 1933 & Brisbane 1946.
NOK Sister Queanbeyan NSW 1917-1919