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WRIGLEY, Rupert Bede
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7129 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 October 1915, Enlisted Echuca Victoria rejected defective vision. 2nd Attempt enlisted Royal Park Melbourne allocated to 23rd reinforcement’s 8th Battalion on 3rd November 1916. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Echuca, Campaspe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Echuca State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| Died: | War related injuries Gassed severe , Yarraville, Victoria, Australia, 19 January 1959 |
| Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Roman Catholic Section |
| Memorials: | Echuca War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7129, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Echuca Victoria rejected defective vision. 2nd Attempt enlisted Royal Park Melbourne allocated to 23rd reinforcement’s 8th Battalion on 3rd November 1916. | |
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| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 7129, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 7129, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 28 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the Battalion in the field Belgium | |
| 17 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Infantry Brigade Headquarters, To Brigade Signals School for course of Instruction France | |
| 24 Jun 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Corps School (AIF), To AIF Corps School Elementary Signals Course for period of Instruction France | |
| 9 Aug 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, The Battle of Amiens, Awarded for Invaluable work in maintaining communications as a Battalion Runner whilst wounded during the period 09-11 August 1918 | |
| 25 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7129, 8th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Gassed severe evacuated to England for treatment and convalescence Report to No4 Command Depot for assessment 24Th October 1918 | |
| 24 Jan 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7129, 8th Infantry Battalion, RTA 3MD Melbourne medically unfit for discharge on HT Delta | |
| 9 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7129, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit Gassed severe and defective vision |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Pam Hamilton
Late of Mathoura NSW 1919 and Yarraville Victoria 1924