RUTTER, Stanley
| Service Number: | 2923 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 July 1916, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ipswich, Suffolk, England, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Died of Illness (war caused) aged 36, Australia, 12 May 1920, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Rookwood Necropolis, Auburn, New South Wales, Australia Plot H, Grave 2315, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |
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| 17 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2923, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2923, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 12 May 1920: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2923, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2923 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1920-05-12 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Stanley was my Great Uncle. He was English , born in Ipswich, Suffolk, but the family moved to Norfolk. living just outside Norwich. Sometime between 1901 and 1911 he went to Australia , working as an engineer on various ships. I do not know if he changed citizenship becoming Australian or not.
A very basic outline of his war record ....He joined the AIF, fighting t at Gallipoli , being returned to Australia due to illness, mainly chest infections ..... after " recovering " for a year I think it was , he was sent to France . where he was hit in the head by shrapnel ( possibly at Hamel ? ) suffering a fractured skull. He was unconcious for 36 hours then operated on at Rouen, eventually returning to Australia after a spell of recovery in the UK. I have his service records from the National Archives which include his doctors notes... they make very sad reading .... on top of all that he had shell shock , finally passing away in Randwick Hospital from TB ( from the trenches of Gallipoli ? ) and Exhaustion , he is buried in a War Grave in Rookwood Necropolis.
He married an Australian lady ...Edith May Huxtable in 1915, probably when he was home recovering, before returning to his unit in France. and as far as I can find out he never had any children...she remarried and died 1947 again as far as I can find out with no children.
I live at the moment on The Rock of Gibraltar, so unfortunately I cannot visit his grave or the National Memorial, however the lovely people at the Memorial have put a poppy beside his name for me, as he has no family in Australia, and his name would otherwise never have a poppy beside it. I have tried to find more on his wife or her family , just in case there is someone who has heard of Stanley, but as yet havent been successful. I keep trying as well to see if there any photos of the 13th AIF, or any of soldiers from NSW, but unlucky so far !
Stanley's sister Violet was a very decorated Asst Matron / Sister ... 23rd General Hospital Alexandria and HMHS Dunluce Castle, I just hope that they managed to meet as Stanley was in hospital in Cairo at one point. I have two other Great Uncles killed,in WW1 . Stanley's brother in law Cyril is remembered on Ploegsteert Memorial, and my Great Uncle Edgar is buried not far from Hamel, also my Grandfather was gassed , survived, but suffered terribly as a result of this.
Best wishes from a not very sunny and very un Mediterranian like Rock of Gibraltar
Caroline Rutter
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