SHUTE, Rufus
| Service Number: | 3196 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Camel Corps |
| Born: | March, Cambridgeshire, England, 1876 |
| Home Town: | West Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mill manager |
| Died: | Western Australia, 22 February 1939, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bunbury General Cemetery, Bunbury, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 14 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 3196 | |
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| 22 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 3196, Camel Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 22 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 3196, Camel Corps, HMAT Port Sydney, Fremantle | |
| 1 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3196 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Jarryd Papps
Rufus Shute was born in 1876, in Cambridgeshire, England.
In his early life, he was a mill manager in Perth before going to World War One. He was married to Ada Helen and his mum was Josephine Shute.
Rufus Shute enlisted for World War One in the Australian Imperial Force as a private on the 14th of May, 1916, at thirty-nine years old. His service number was 3196.
His unit embarked from Fremantle on board HMAT A15 on the 22nd of May, 1917. He arrived at Moascar to continue training for World War One. After training, he left the isolation camp at Moascar and boarded a boat to go to Abbassia. He then got off the boat at Abbassia. After getting off the boat his battalion marched out to the Abbassia hospital in Egypt.
He had to load the boats with supplies. After marching to Abbassia, Rufus was moved to the 3rd Battalion. He then was moved to the administration government hospital at Suez Sciatica, where he stayed. After being in the 3rd Battalion he was transported to the 2nd F Squadron when he had finished his time in the war. He was repeatedly promoted to temporary ranks but finished the war as a Lance Corporal.
After the war, Rufus Shute was awarded two medals: the Victory Medal and the British War Medal, which are campaign medals of the British Empire and was awarded to officers and men of British and Imperial forces who served in the First World War.
Rufus Shute did not get injured in the war and he came back to Australia on the 4th of March, 1919. He died of natural causes on the 22nd of February, 1939 in Western Australia. He is buried in Bunbury Cemetery.