John Baker RUSHTON

RUSHTON, John Baker

Service Number: 1760
Enlisted: 22 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 19th Infantry Battalion
Born: Hanley, Staffordshire, England, 1897
Home Town: Liverpool, Fairfield, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Dairyman
Died: Bullet Wound To The Abdomen, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 19 October 1915
Cemetery: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli
Plot 1, Row C, Grave 1 Chaplain K. Single officiated Commemorated in the Wollongong General Cemetery, NSW, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Luddenham Badgery's Creek WW1 Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

22 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1760, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
19 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 1760, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
19 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 1760, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Mary Rushton of Exeter Farm, South Creek, Liverpool, NSW

27 May 1915 - his mother wrote to Base Records stating that John had enlisted without her permission and was under age being only 18 years at the time

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