John Bishop RUTLAND

RUTLAND, John Bishop

    Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
    Enlisted: 19 October 1914
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Camberwll, Victoria, Australia, 20 April 1894
    Home Town: Canterbury, Boroondara, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Killed In Action, Gallipoli, 1 May 1915, aged 21 years
    Cemetery: Courtney’s and Steel's Post Cemetery
    Special Memorial, Grave 39 Chaplain A. Gillison officiated Headstone inscription reads: In loving memory
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    World War 1 Service

    19 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 14th Infantry Battalion
    16 Dec 1914: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 14th Infantry Battalion, Prior to embarking
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    1 May 1915: Involvement Lieutenant, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1915-05-01

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Thomas James Gould and Amelia Louisa Rutland nee Martin of 27 Bryson Street, Canterbury, Victoria. Brother of Alfred Gould Rutland, Ethel Mary Rutland and Clarice Violet Rutland

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Served 12 months in the Citizen Forces with the rank of Sergeant plus another 17 months with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Also Infantry Instruction Training specilising in machine guns at Rankwick, NSW

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