RUDDER, Oswald Eugene
| Service Number: | 1472 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 8 October 1914, Enlisted at Rosehill.NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 301st Company Mechancial Transport |
| Born: | Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Stanmore, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Chainman |
| Died: | Died of illness - obstruction in the intestines, War Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom, 11 December 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Dundee (Balgay) Cemetery, Scotland Plot DD, Row 4, Grave 114, Balgay Cemetery, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Coffs Harbour Roll of Honor, Nana Glen Rifle Club Honour Roll, Nana Glen St Peter's Anglican Church Roll of Honour, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1472, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, Enlisted at Rosehill.NSW | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement 1472, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked 1472, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 11 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 1472, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1472 awm_unit: 8th Australian Army Service Corps Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-12-11 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was 'Braeside', Cambridge Street, Stanmore, NSW
Son of Eugene Frederick Rudder and Ann Rudder of Post Elizabeth, South Africa later of 'Hawthorne', 35 East Crescent, McMahons Point, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 11th December.......Gunner Oswald Eugene Rudder was born at Coramba, near Coffs Harbour, NSW in 1881. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 7th October, 1914 as a 32 year old Chainman from Stanmore, Sydney, NSW.
Gunner Oswald Rudder embarked on the Troopship Franconia at Alexandria on 14th May, 1915 for Dardanelles.
Gunner Oswald Rudder was struck down with diarrhoea while at Gallipoli on 22nd August, 1915 & transferred to Fleetsweeper (A fleetsweeper was one of a number of smaller vessels used to evacuate the wounded & sick from Anzac Cove out to the Hospital Ships).
Gunner Oswald Rudder was admitted to 1st London General Hospital, Camberwell with Dysentery on 1st September, 1915 & discharged on 13th October, 1915.
Gunner Oswald Eugene Rudder died at 2.30 pm on 11th December, 1915 at Dundee War Hospital, Dundee from Appendicitis (Intestinal obstruction). He was buried in Balgay Cemetery, Dundee, Scotland where 2 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
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