DARBY, Rupert Clarence
| Service Number: | 7427 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Training Battalion |
| Born: | Lake Karnak near Horsham, Victoria, July 1899 |
| Home Town: | Cunderdin, Cunderdin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Purulent Bronchitis, Fovant, United Kingdom, 13 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Fovant (St. George) Churchyard, Wiltshire - South West, England Plot II, Row B, Grave 4 Headstone Inscription "BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD", Fovant (St George) Churchyard, Fovant, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broomehill War Memorial, Cunderdin War Memorial Drive, Woodanilling War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Aug 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7427, 28th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 13 Mar 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7427, 28th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on SS Ormonde from Fremantle on 13th March 1918, disembarking at Suez, Egypt on 4th April 1918. Admitted to hospital on 29th April 1918 and discharged on 14th May 1918. Transferred to Alexandria from Suez on 22nd May 1918 and re-embarked on SS Indarra from Alexandria, Egypt on 24th May 1918, disembarking Southampton, England on 5th June 1918. | |
| 5 Jun 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Training Battalion | |
| 9 Jun 1918: |
Wounded
AIF WW1, Private, 7427, 5th Training Battalion, |
Private Rupert Clarence Darby
From Cathy Sedgwick.
Private Rupert Clarence Darby
Died on this date - Aust. Private Rupert Clarence Darby enlisted & went to Egypt before further training in England. Hospitalised several times & died on 13 August, 1918 at Military Hospital, Fovant, Wilts from Purulent Bronchitis. Buried at Fovant.
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There are 44 Australian WW1 Soldiers buried in St George's Churchyard, Fovant, Wiltshire, England.
Submitted 13 August 2019 by Evan Evans
Biography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Thomas William and Theresa DARBY, of Broomehill, Western Australia. Born at Lake Karnak, Victoria.
Burial Report regarding the Late 7427 Private Darby
Deceased was buried with full Military Honours the body being conveyed to the graveside on a Gun Carriage preceded by a Firing Party and Band. The coffin was of good polished Elm, Brass Miuntings and six of deceased’s comrades acted as Pallbearers. The deceased's brother Cadet A. H. Darby, Australian Flying Corps was chief mourner and the funeral was attended by about 50 N.C.O.’s and men of deceased’s late Company and Nurses from Fovant Hospital. Floral tributes from the Nurses of “A” Ward were placed on the grave after the “Last Post” had been sounded.
Headquarters, Australian Imperial Force Depots in the United Kingdom were represented at the funeral.
The Officiating Clergyman was Rev. F.G. Lewis (C.F.) 5th Training Bn, Fovant
Date of interment - 16th August 1918 at am
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