Heinrick Carl Ludwig RUWOLDT

RUWOLDT, Heinrick Carl Ludwig

Service Number: 337
Enlisted: 6 December 1914, Guildford, WA
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 10th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Mount Gambier, South Australia, 1885
Home Town: Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Schooling: Mount Gambier, South Australia
Occupation: Contractor
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 29 August 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Tree Plaque: Quairading Lone Pine
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Quairading Memorial Pool, Quairading War Memorial, Yahl Memorial Hall Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

6 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 337, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Guildford, WA
8 Feb 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 337, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: ''
8 Feb 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 337, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Fremantle
29 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 337, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 337 awm_unit: 10 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-29

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Heinrick Carl Ludwig RUWOLDT was born in Mount Gambier, South Australia in 1885

His parents were Joachim Ludwig Heinrich RUWOLDT & Sophia Maria Caroline  NIETFELDT

He had previously served for 3 years in the 3rd Squadron of the 16th Light Horse in Mount Gambier before he enlisted to serve during WW1 on 6th December, 1914 and embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia on the HMAT Mashobra with the 10th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron

Heinrick was Killed in Action in Gallipoli on 29th August, 1915 - no known grave

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Lone Pine Memorial

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