RUDD, Norman Henry
| Service Number: | 1281 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 25 May 1893 |
| Home Town: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | 6 August 1969, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Wagga Wagga Victory Memorial Arch |
World War 1 Service
| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1281, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1281, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michelle Maddison
Norman Henry Rudd was born in Wagga, the son of James Henry and Harriett Ann (née Campbell).
He embarked with the 17th Battalion aboard A32 ‘Themistocles’ on 12 May 1915 and arrived in Egypt two months later. On 25 July he received 12 days treatment for appendicitis at the No. 1 Australian General Hospital and the No. 2 Australian Auxiliary Hospitals at Heliopolis. He was discharged to duty on 3 August 1915.
On 3 September, he was admitted to the Australian and New Zealand Convalescent Depot at Zeitoun, diagnosed as suffering from bronchitis and moderately severe enteric fever (similar to typhoid fever). During the Gallipoli campaign, a convalescent depot was established at Zeitoun, from where many soldiers suffering from illnesses including enteric dysentery were returned to Australia on ships including the ‘Themistocles’ and the ‘Euripides’.
An ‘Enteric Fever Convalescent Camp’ was also established at Port Said. On 12 December 1915, Norman was discharged from this camp, having spent 16 days convalescing here.
Norman sailed from Suez on 13 December 1915, aboard the ‘Wandilla’, bound for Australia, where he was expected to convalesce from his bout of enteric. He returned to light duties on 6 April 1916.
However, on his Detailed History of an Invalid form, completed in Sydney on 15 June 1916, the examining officer recommended that Norman be:
Discharged on account of tachycardia, slight deafness – neuralgia pains in head and symptoms of chronic appendicitis
On 14 August 1916 Norman was discharged from the AIF medically unfit.
He died on 6 August 1969, aged 76 years.
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