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RUSH, Harold
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 152 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 October 1914, Guildford, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Ipswich, England, November 1892 |
| Home Town: | York, York, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Walkers Ridge Cemetery Walker's Ridge Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA, York War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 6 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 152, Guildford, Western Australia | |
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| 8 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 152, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 152, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Fremantle | |
| 16 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 152, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 152, 10th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 152 awm_unit: 10 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-07 |
Personal Stories
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From Suzanne Make
HIS LAST WORDS
"GOODBYE, COBBER GOD BLESS YOU.”
Trooper Harold Rush, 152, was fighting with the 10th Australian Light Horse when he was killed on 07 August 1915 at the Charge at the Nek. He was 23.
He was the son of Robert and Amy Rush, of Bradford St. George, Bury St. Edmund's, England. Born at Witnesham, Ipswich, England.
He is buried in Walker’s Ridge Cemetery, Anzac.
His brother Clement Ward Rush also died on 03/09/1916 and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme.
Their father Robert chose the poignant words on his son’s gravestone.
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