Rupert Thomas YATES

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Service Number:	4210
Enlisted:	19 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	5th Divisional Ammunition Column
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Collingwood, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Northcote, Victoria, Australia, 1945, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

19 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4210, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
7 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4210, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4210, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
16 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column
16 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, From 23rd Battalion
14 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 4210, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, Discharged at the 3rd Military District with the rank of Driver acting Bombardier

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Son of Thomas Yates and Clara Louisa Yates nee Waight of King Street, Collongwood, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 15 May 1919 aboard HT Orontes disembarking on the 28 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1923c Rupert married Violet Edith Clarke in Victoria