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BIRRELL, Rupert

Service Numbers:	1403, 3310
Enlisted:	30 December 1914, Oaklands, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 4 April 1896
Home Town:	Goodwood, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Gilles Street State School
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 25 April 1918, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Board (Original), Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

30 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1403, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Oaklands, South Australia
2 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1403, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne
2 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1403, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3310, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3310, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
15 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion
25 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3310, 57th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3310 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-25

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Biography

Son of John BIRRELL and Ada Mary nee WILLCOCKS