BLUNDY, Rupert Horace
| Service Number: | WX11711 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 April 1941, Claremont, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wagin, Western Australia, 26 February 1919 |
| Home Town: | Nyabing, Kent Shire, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua New Guinea, 8 September 1942, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Plot B3, Row A, Grave 13, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Katanning War Memorial, Nyabing Honour Rolls, Pingrup District Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 15 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Private, WX11711, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Western Australia | |
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| 15 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX11711, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Apr 1941: | Involvement Private, WX11711, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion, Served in the Middle East and Papua New Guinea | |
| 6 Aug 1942: | Embarked Private, WX11711, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion, Arrived in Port Moresby 12th August, 1942 | |
| 8 Sep 1942: | Involvement Private, WX11711, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion, Kokoda - Papua, Killed in Action |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Rupert Horace BLUNDY was born on 26th February, 1919 in Wagin, Western Australia at Nurse Campbells Private Hospital
His parents were Rupert Alfred BLUNDY & Ada Grace QUARTERMAINE who were married in 1917 in Katanning, WA & divorced in 1946 - his father remarried in 1948 to Queenie SEXTON & died in 1952 in Katanning - his Mother Ada remarried in 1947 to William J MEWHOR and died in 1961 in Perth, WA
Rupert enlisted on 15th April, 1941 in Claremont, WA with the 2/16th Infantry Battalion - he served in the Middle East (Syria) and returned to Australia and on 6th August, 1942 his battalion embarked for Port Moresby to fight in the Kokoda Campaign
He was Killed in Action on 8th September, 1942 and buried in Bomana War Cemetery - he is also honoured on the Australian War Memorial and Katanning Roll of Honour in Western Australia
His brother Alfred William BLUNDY (WX12677) also served in WW2 in the 2/2 Australian Commando Squardon & returned to Australia.
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Trove - IN MEMORIAM notices
BLUNDY - In loving memories of a dear Son & Brother, Private R H Blundy (Tommy) , AIF, Killed in New Guinea on Sept 8 (returned from Middle East), loved brother of Alf. Inserted by his loving Sisters & Mum "Safe in Gods Keeping"
BLUNDY - In loving memory of my dear eldest Son, Rupert Horace (Tommy) who was killed in active service at New Guinea. Inserted by his sorrowing Dad, R. A. Blundy "He fought the good fight"
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BLUNDY (Tommy) On Service
"On our table stands a picture
A picture more precious than gold.
It's a phoot of our darling Brother
Whose Memory will never grow old"
ALWAYS REMEMBERED by Alf (AIF) , Dorrie & Fred.
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Word has been received by Mr. R. A. Blundy of Nyabing that his eldest son, Rupert Horace, had been killed on active service in New Guinea. Tommy as he was familiary known who recently returned from Syria was a well known and popular figure of the Nyabing - Pingrup District. He was a grandson of Mr. A. J. Blundy of Nyabing and also of Mrs. W. F. Quartermaine of Beaufort St, Katanning. Great sympathy has been expressed to the bereaved family.
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