RUSDEN, William Thomas
| Service Number: | 427 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 July 1916, Claremont, Tas. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Launceston, Tas., 1897 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | 17 July 1965, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Monumental, Section B, 295 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 427, 4th Machine Gun Company, Claremont, Tas. | |
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| 20 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 427, 4th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 427, 4th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John RUSDEN
Of 52 Cameron Street, Launceston, Tas.
Returned to Australia 01 July 1919 per 'Kyber'
Military Medal
'On the 26th September, 1917, during the operations near ZONNEBEKE this man was a runner between the machine guns in the front line and Company Headquarters two miles back. On this day Private RUSDEN went back from the front line to Company Headquarters for rations under very heavy shell fire and brought back rations for the gun teams. He also ran messages continuously and led three gun teams out of the line through heavy shell fire on the night of the 29th September, 1917, and it was due to his splendid judgment and skill in the picking of tracks that they all came out without a casualty. This soldier is only nineteen years of age, but he showed coolness and courage far above his years. He is recommended for the Military Medal.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 31
Date: 7 March 1918
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