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ACKLAND, Rupert Clarence
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2806 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 2 January 1897 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Fort Street Public School Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and Watchem State School Victoria, Australia. |
| Occupation: | Clerk. Crown Law Department. NSW. |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Egypt, 10 January 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kantara War Memorial Cemetery E 139, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Birchip War Memorial, Mosman Methodist Church Great War Roll of Honour, Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll, Sydney Officers of The Chief Secretary's Department, Government Statisticians Office, Master in Lunacy's Office, State Trawling Industry & Aborigines Protection Board Roll of Duty |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2806, 1st Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 8 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 2806, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 8 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 2806, 1st Light Horse Regiment, RMS Mongolia, Sydney | |
| 9 Jan 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 2806, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations | |
| 10 Jan 1917: | Involvement Trooper, 2806, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2806 awm_unit: 1st Australian Machine Gun Squadron awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1917-01-10 | |
| 10 Jan 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 2806, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, D.O.W. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of Frederick George ACKLAND and Mary Dorothy CUMMING
PRIVATE R. C. ACKLAND.
Private Rupert C. Ackland, of the mounted machine gun section, who has died of wounds received in the fighting around El Ariah, was
19 years of age, and was a son of Mr. Fred. Ackland, of Birchip, Victoria. He was educated at Fort-street High School, and previous to enlisting was employed in the Crown Law Office. Private Ackland, who was a nephew of Mr, R. J. Ackland, of Royalist street, Mosman, resided with his grandfather at Holt-avenue, Mosman.
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