MACONOCHIE, Rupert
| Service Number: | 5106 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 October 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sunbury, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 24 April 1954, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5106, 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Driver, 5106, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Chilka embarkation_ship_number: A51 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Driver, 5106, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Chilka, Melbourne | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5106, 46th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ross Martin
Rupert MACONOCHIE was born in Sunbury in 1892 and was living in Dandenong when he enlisted on 21/10/1914.
He left Australia on 2/2/1915 aboard the HMAT Chilka as part of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train and served on Gallipoli from 13/11/1915 until 20/12/1915.
He was transferred to the 46th Battalion on 31/3/1916 in Egypt and sailed to France with this Battalion.
He was wounded in action on 5/8/1916 at Pozieres with a gsw to the groin. He was shipped to the UK and spent time in the 1st Southern General Hospital in Dudley, UK.
After recovery and time in a training group in the UK, he rejoined the 46th Battalion on 15/5/1917.
He continued his service with this battalion until the end of the war. He had leave in the UK and at the conclusion of the war married Elizabeth Wright in London on 14/1/1919.
Rupert returned to Australia on 30/4/1919 and was discharged on 29/6/1919.
Rupert died on 25th April 1954 at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital and was buried at the Fawkner Cemetery.
In 1957 his widow, Elizabeth was living at Flat 4, 600 St Kilda Road Melbourne.