BURGESS, Rupert William
| Service Number: | 1635 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | County Carlow, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Killarney South, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31. , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1635, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1635, 47th Infantry Battalion, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
47th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, A.I.F
Age on arrival in Australia 16.6
Enlistment date-10 January 1916
Place of enlistment-Warwick, Queensland
Rank on enlistment-Private.
Next of kin
Mother, Mrs Lucy Burgess, Tobinstown, County Carlow, Ireland.
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/64/3
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Hawkes Bay on 20 April 1916
Age at embarkation 20
Other details
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Embarked Alexandria, Egypt, 6 June 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 16 June 1916.
Proceeded overseas to France, 25 July 1916; taken on strength, 47th Bn, 18 August 1916.
Admitted to 2/1 South Midlands Casualty Clearing Station, 4 September 1916 (mumps); discharged, 26 September 1916; rejoined unit, 27 September 1916.
Missing in action, Belgium, 7 June 1917. Court of Enquiry, 24 November 1917, determined fate as killed in action, 7 June 1917. Age at death-21.11
Sources
NAA: B2455, BURGESS Rupert William
He is remembered on the Carlow Great War Memorial which stands in Leighlinbridge Memorial Garden, Milford Street, Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland.
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