Walter Joseph RUFFIN

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RUFFIN, Walter Joseph

Service Numbers:	13, 2376
Enlisted:	3 March 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 1875
Home Town:	Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Morningside- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 17 August 1945, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Memorials:	Charters Towers Boer War Memorial Kiosk

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 13, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 13, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
5 May 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 13, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902.

World War 1 Service

3 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2376, 47th Infantry Battalion
19 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2376, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane
19 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2376, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
13 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2376, 47th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Walter Joseph Ruffin was born in 1875 at Geelong, Victoria, a son to George Hall Ruffin and Honoria Ruffin (nee Nugent). When he enlisted in the 5th QIB in 1901 he was living, and working as a miner, at Charters Towers, Queensland and noted his N.O.K. as his father G. Ruffin at Northcote, Victoria. He married Minna Augusta Hubner on 5 Nov 1904 in Queensland and they had 2 children.

He served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. First service was as a Priivate S.N. 13 in the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Private S.N. 2376 in the 47th Infantry Battalion AIF, WW1.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 493; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).

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