Trevor RUST

RUST, Trevor

Service Number: 922
Enlisted: 24 March 1916, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 40th Infantry Battalion
Born: Milton, Cranbrook, Glamorgan, Tasmania, 16 July 1885
Home Town: Swansea, Glamorgan/Spring Bay, Tasmania
Schooling: Scolastica
Occupation: Contractor
Died: Pleurisy & Pneumonia, France, 29 December 1916, aged 31 years
Cemetery: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord
Plot III, Row A, Grave 145, Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Oatlands Soldiers Memorial
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World War 1 Service

24 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, 922, 40th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tasmania
1 Jul 1916: Involvement Private, 922, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
1 Jul 1916: Embarked Private, 922, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Trevor RUST was born in Milton, Cranbrook, Glamorgan, Tasmania on 16th July, 1885

His parents were Walter John George RUST & Amy Isabel LYNE

He enlisted in Claremont, Tasmania on 24th March, 1916 and embarked with the 40th Infantry Battalion, D Company on the 1st July, 1916 from Hobart on the HMAT Berrima

Trevor died from Pleurisy & Pneumonia in France on 29th December, 1916 and is buried in the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension