RUE, Albert Edward
| Service Number: | 3913 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 16 September 1915, Lithgow, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glanmire, New South Wales, Australia, 17 June 1890 |
| Home Town: | Raglan, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fettler |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lobethal WW1 Roll of Honor, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3913, Depot Battalion , Lithgow, New South Wales | |
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| 20 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3913, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3913, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 26 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3913, 19th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Alexandria, Egypt | |
| 3 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 19th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3913, 55th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Caledonian" | |
| 29 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3913, 55th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3913, 55th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3913, 55th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3913, 55th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3913 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Albert Rue was born in 1890 at Glanmire via Bathurst. He was first appointed to the NSW Railways as a fettler in the Permanent Way Branch on 30th June 1913. He worked as a fettler (track worker) between Emu Plains and Raglan.
He enlisted at Lithgow on 7th August 1915. As he was nor married, he gave his father Colin, who was living at Raglan, as his next of kin. Initially he was allotted to the 9th Reinforcements to the 19th Battalion. He embarked on HMAT ‘Runic’ at Sydney on 20th January 1916, reaching Alexandria on 26th February. During the four months he spent undergoing further training in Egypt he was transferred to the 55th Australian Infantry Battalion base at Ferry Post. On 19th June 1916 he embarked HT ‘Caledonian’ to join the British Expeditionary Forces on the Western Front in France through Marseilles, where he passed on 29th June.
He was killed in action on 20th July 1916, probably at the Battle of Fromelles. His brother, Constable J C Rue of the Queensland Police, sought not only to learn where and how he was killed, and where he was buried, but also what were his last words. Constable Rue did not realise the chaos of that terrible night at Fromelles when 1,917 Australian soldiers died. In addition, his father wrote to ask for details of any military funeral which had been held.
Rue has no known grave but he as in remembered at the VC Corner Australian Memorial at Fromelles.
From 10th October 1916 a pension of £1 per fortnight was granted to Albert’s mother Matilda.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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