Rupert SHINN

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Service Number:	3486
Enlisted:	23 October 1916, Place of Enlistment, Mackay, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 18 March 1895
Home Town:	Mackay, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness , Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 26 July 1944, aged 49 years
Cemetery:	Mackay Cemetery, Qld CE, Section 1, Row 5, Grave No 10.
Memorials:	Farleigh Mill & District Roll of Honour, Mackay Old Town Hall Honour Roll

23 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3486, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Mackay, Queensland.
24 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 3486, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 3486, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney
16 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion
25 Feb 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion

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