Edward RUMMEL

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Service Number:	372
Enlisted:	26 October 1914, Ayr, Queensland
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	5th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds - GSW Head, 45th Stationary Hospital, El Arish, Egypt, 20 December 1917
Cemetery:	Kantara War Memorial Cemetery Row F: Grave 178.,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba St James' M2, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)

26 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 372, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Ayr, Queensland
21 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 372, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
21 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 372, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney
16 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 372, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
2 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion
11 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 2nd Light Horse Training Regiment
14 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 5th Light Horse Regiment
27 Nov 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 372, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, GSW Head - severe
20 Dec 1917:	Involvement Trooper, 372, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 372 awm_unit: 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1917-12-20

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