Rupert Ernest WINCEN

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Service Numbers:	3008, Q186357
Enlisted:	15 June 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15 Garrison Battalion (QLD)
Born:	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 31 May 1898
Home Town:	Cairns, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	State School, Queensland
Occupation:	Hairdresser
Died:	Illness, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 6 March 1949, aged 50 years
Cemetery:	Cairns (General) Cemetery, Queensland Monumental West Side, Row Q, Plot 1805
Memorials:

15 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3008, 52nd Infantry Battalion
27 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3008, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane
27 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3008, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
18 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3008, 52nd Infantry Battalion

30 Dec 1939:	Involvement Private, Q186357
30 Dec 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q186357, 15 Garrison Battalion (QLD)
14 Nov 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q186357, 15 Garrison Battalion (QLD)

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Rupert Ernest WINCEN was born in Charters Towers, Queensland on 31st May, 1898

His parents were John Henry WINCEN & Sarah Annie HARVEY who married in Queensland on 3rd November, 1887

He married Sarah Elizabeth PINK in Queensland on 15th June, 1921

Rupert served in both WW1 and WW2 and died in Cairns on 6th March, 1949

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