Christian VAN RUGGE

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Service Number:	6402
Enlisted:	28 October 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Rigger
Died:	Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia, 21 October 1967, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Palm Court, Wall of Memory V, Niche 0048
Memorials:

28 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6402, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
11 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6402, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6402, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
20 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6402, 18th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the leg. Embarked for England aboard HS Warilda 25th September 1917
9 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6402, 18th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the arm. Embarked for England on 11 April 1918 aboard HS Aberdonian
12 Nov 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6402, 18th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded

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Son of Antonias Daniel Johannes Van Rugge and Annie Ellen M. Van Rugge of Philip Street, Balmain, NSW

Returned to Australia aboard HT Inatatua disembarking on 15 August 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Christian married Alice I. Lawlor in Newton, NSW