RUSH, Arthur Leslie
| Service Number: | 3420 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 14th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Bundanoon, New South Wales, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Bundanoon, Wingecarribee, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Orchardist |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 25 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France III O 13 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moss Vale & District Pictorial Honour Roll, Moss Vale RSL War Memorial, Moss Vale War Memorial, Wall of Remembrance (Southern Villages Memorial) |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3420, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3420, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3420, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 10 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Machine Gun Company | |
| 1 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 14th Machine Gun Company | |
| 1 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 14th Machine Gun Company | |
| 10 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 14th Machine Gun Company | |
| 20 Nov 1917: | Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal | |
| 1 Feb 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 14th Machine Gun Company |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Philip and Jemima Rush. Born Bundanoon, New South Wales.
DUTY, VALOUR, HONOUR HE HATH FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT
Husband of Mrs. Eileen Lydia RUSH, Bundanoon, NSW
Distinguished Conduct Medal
'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During enemy counter attacks he worked his gun with coolness and courage, and caused many casualties to the enemy, inspiring the men under him by his courage and determination. Throughout the action he did most valuable work in a cool and determined manner, in spite of heavy casualties to his team.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 110
Date: 25 July 1918
A Wingello correspondent writes:-
The sad news has been received of the death of Lieutenant A. L. Rush, D.C.M., who was killed in action in France on April 25. He sailed as a private in 1915, and, after serving several months in Egypt, was sent direct to France as a machine gunner. He had seen nearly three years' active and continual service in France, never having been wounded or ill, although he had many extraordinary escapes, on two occasions the gun he was operating being smashed, yet he was unhurt. All his promotions were obtained on the field, and the D.C.M. was awarded for some particularly fine work in the Polygon Wood affair. He was the fifth son of Mrs. J. E. Rush, late of Penrose, and now living at Tallong.
Another brother, Lance-Corporal F. E. Rush, was killed in 1916. There are two more brothers at the front, Private P. C. Rush and Sapper J. H. Rush.
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