GRAHAM, Rupert John Clarence
| Service Number: | 5077 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 October 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rupanyup, Victoria, Australia, 14 January 1890 |
| Home Town: | Rupanyup, Yarriambiack, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Caulfield Repatriation Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, 2 December 1946, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Pittosporum, Garden F1, Bed 14, Rose 49. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5077, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 5077, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Chilka embarkation_ship_number: A51 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 5077, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Chilka, Melbourne | |
| 28 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train | |
| 3 Jan 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train | |
| 20 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 59th Infantry Battalion | |
| 21 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5077, 59th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), GSW to left leg - left leg amputated 17/8/1916 | |
| 23 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5077, 3rd Infantry Battalion, 3rd MD |
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From Dan Jones
Sgt Rupert John Clarence GRAHAM, 5077
3rd Battalion
Born in Rupanyup, Victoria in about 1890, to Hebe Mary (nee Sweetman) and Jacob Graham, the 25 year old grocer enlisted into the Light Horse Brigade Train 3 on the 18 October 1914. He saw service in Egypt and France, where he was wounded in action at Fromelles in July of 1916. Because of this, his leg was amputated. After a stint at various hospitals in England, he was sent back to France in September of 1918, serving at various schools in the field. He returned to Australia in March of 1919.
He died at Caulfield Repatriation Hospital on the 2 December 1946 aged 56 years old. He was cremated and his ashes interred at Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Pittosporum, Garden F1, Bed 14, Rose 49.
His obituary reads: GRAHAM — On December 2. at Repatriation Hospital. Caulfield. Rupert John Clarence. dearly loved son of the late J. and Hebe Graham, and loved brother of Hebe. Hazel and Vere. aged 56 years. Late 59th Btn. 1st A.I.F. At rest.
GRAHAM. — On December 2. at Caulfield Repatriation Hospital. Rupert J. C. (late 1st A.I.F.) for 22 years a highly esteemed member of the staff of W. T. Henley's Telegraph Works Co. Ltd.
The Age, Tuesday 3 Dec 1946, page 8
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