RUFF, Victor Henry
| Service Number: | 3225 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sale, Victoria, Australia, March 1893 |
| Home Town: | Sale, Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway shunter |
| Died: | SWs left & right legs & both arms, 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England , United Kingdom, 28 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sale Cenotaph, Traralgon War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3225, 23rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 26 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3225, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3225, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
| 18 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 3225, 59th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3225 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 28th July…… Private Victor Henry Ruff was born in Sale, Victoria in 1893. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 22nd September, 1915 as a 21 year old, single, Railway Shunter with Victorian Railways & was from Sale, Victoria.
Private Victor Henry Ruff embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Commonwealth (A73) on 26th November, 1915 with the 6th Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Battalion, 7th Reinforcements.
Private Ruff was transferred to 58th Battalion on 23rd February, 1916 then transferred to 59th Battalion on 15th March, 1916 at Tel-el-Kebir. He was admitted to Field Ambulance at Ferry Post on 14th April, 1916 with mumps & rejoined his Battalion on 7th May, 1916.
Private Ruff embarked from Alexandria on 18th June, 1916 to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). He disembarked at Marseilles, France on 29th June, 1916.
Private Victor Henry Ruff was wounded in action in France on 19th July, 1916. He was transferred & admitted to 2nd Canadian Stationary Hospital at Outreau, France on 22nd July, 1916 with gunshot wounds to left leg (amputated). Private Ruff was transferred to Boulogne on 24th July, 1916 and embarked for England the same day on the Hospital Ship St. David.
Private Ruff was admitted to 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England on 24th July, 1916 with fractured left shoulder & left leg - serious.
The Medical Case Sheet for Private Victor Henry Ruff recorded a Gunshot wound to left forearm.
“July 25 – Wounded July 19 at Armentieres by shrapnel in left leg & right leg and both arms. He was operated on on July 21 when left leg was amputated through the knee joint and a piece of shrapnel was removed from the forearm on bedorsal surface just above the wrist left forearm both bones broken ? very swollen and bone sticking out of wound for xray. Small wound on outer Rt calf rather dirty piece of shrapnel still in ___ of femur sticking out of wound in left thigh.”
Private Victor Henry Ruff, “D” Company, 59th Battalion, died at 6 am on 28th July, 1916 at 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. A Post Mortem was held on 28th July, 1916 with the Cause of death - gunshot wounds to legs & arms, Haemorrhage & Shock.
He was buried in Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England where 22 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/city.html
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