LAITY, Rupert
| Service Number: | 3087 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Oakleigh, Melbourne, Vic., 1887 |
| Home Town: | Merbein, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Queenstown State School |
| Occupation: | Orchardist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hastings War Memorial, Kangaroo Ground Shire of Eltham Tower of Remembrance, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 3087, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 3087, 6th Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 3087, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3087 awm_unit: 6th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-20 |
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Distinguished Conduct Medal
'For conspicuous gallantry when on patrol. He crawled through the enemy wire to within a dozen yards of the enemy parapet and threw bombs into the trench. He has at all times set a splendid example of courage and devotion to duty.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 133
Date: 21 August 1917
LAITY -Comb.— In everlasting and loving rememberance of my dear husband and our darling daddie, L.Cpl.—Rupert Laity, D.C.M., who was killed in action in Belgium on 20th September, 1917, aged 30years and 5 months; also my dear and only brother. Pte. W. R. Comb, and dearly loved uncle of Alex Colin), and Frankie, aged 24
years, who was killed air Pogieres, France, 31st July, 1916
Just two sad,years gone by, daddie.
Silently the shades of evening
Gather round mv lonely door;
Silently, they bring before me
Faces I shall see no more.
Oh, not lost, but-gone before, us,
Let them never be forgot;
Sweet their memory, to the lonely,
In our hearts they perish not.
How such holy memories cluster,
In our hearts this sad, sad day,
Pointing up to that far Heaven,
Where we hope to meet again.
(Inserted bv his loving wife and children, Alex, Colin, and Frankie.)
LAITY.—In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Corporal Rupert; Laity (D.C.M.), 6th Battalion- killed in action, September 20, 1917, dearly loved son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Laity, Queenstown, St. Andrews, loved brother of Syd. Mvrtle (Mrs. Coleman, N.S.W.), Gordon (A.I.F.), Lin, Geoff, and Bertha.
Sadly a mother is thinking
Of her soldier boy; so brave,
Who fought for the cause of freedom,
Now lies in a hero's grave.
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