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RUST, William Henry
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 3227, 3227A |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Warrnambool, Vic., date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Doncaster, Manningham, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Orchardist |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
26 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3227, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
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26 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3227, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
26 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 3227A, 59th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3227A awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-26 |
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William Henry Rust was born in Warrnambool in 1895 day unknown month Sept / Oct . His father was William Henry Rust deceased in 1904 and his mother Margaret Ellen nee Smith. His mother had remarried to Harry Drysdale Graham (also lost in ww1). His trade was Orchardist. He grew up in Melbourne area.