RUSH, Charles
| Service Numbers: | 208, 609, 561 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Leyburn, Queensland, Australia, 28 September 1873 |
| Home Town: | Mitchell, Maranoa, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 1 April 1946, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland Plot: RC5-001-0006 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 208, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 609 | |
| 1 Mar 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 208, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd Contingent embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900. | |
| 21 Jun 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 208, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 465 notes 3rd embarked 9 May 1901 returning to Australia aboard Morayshire arriving Sydney 7 Jun 1901 (rail to Brisbane, disbanded 21 Jun 1901. | |
| 20 Aug 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 609, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 & 518 notes he was part of 1st Draft which embarked 20 Aug 1901 from Sydney aboard Britannic arriving Cape Town 22 Sep 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 609, Doyle’s Australian Scouts, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray P. 508 & 518 notes 6th embarked Durban 17 May 1902 returning to Australia aboard Devon arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. | |
| 29 Jul 1902: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Mentioned in Despatches by Lord Kitchener, Doyle's Scouts, London Gazette 29 July 1902. |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 561, 2nd Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement Private, 561, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked Private, 561, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane | |
| 20 Sep 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Light Horse Regiment | |
| 30 Sep 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 561, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Suffered GSW to left hand while serving t the Gallipoli Peninsular. | |
| 26 Jun 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 561, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Not long after recoving from his GSW and returning to his unit he was taken seriously ill with sclerosis and returned to Australia aboard H.S. Kanowna where he was discharged on 26 Jun 1916 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Charles Rush served twice in the South African (Boer) War, first as a Private S.N. 208 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, and second as a Private S.N. 609 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen and also as a Trooper in Doyle's Australian Scouts. He was mentioned in dispatches by Lord Kitchener for his service in Doyle's Scouts.
He remained in South Africa for further service when the 6th QIB returned to Australia, the date of his return and discharge are not given. (source AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 471 & 518; AWM Honours and Awards).
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Charles Rush served in both the South African (Boer) War (on 2 occasions) and WW1.
First service was as a Private S.N. 208 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, Boer war. Second service was as a Private S.N. 609 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen and also as a Trooper in Doyle's Australian Scouts, Boer war. He was mentioned in dispatches by Lord Kitchener for his service in Doyle's Scouts. Third service was as a Private rising to lance Corporal S.N. 561 in the 2nd Light Horse Regiment, AIF, WW1. He was serving at the Gallipoli Peninsular when he was wounded in action in 1915.
When he first enlisted in 1900 with the 3rd QMI and his details were entered on the original nominal roll, held by National Archives, it was recorded that he was single and from Mitchell, Qld. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 3rd QMI, Bk 3 p. 87, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his brother Frederick Hayward Rush, Mitchell, Qld. He returned to Australia and was discharged in Brisbane on 20 Jun 1901.
Not long after his return, men who had prior service with a contingent in South Africa were being recruited for the 1st Draft of the 6th QIB. The men of the 1st Draft were being sent to reinforce the 5th and 6th QIB contingents already serving in South Africa. The 1st Draft embarked from Sydney on 20 Aug 1901, some 4 months after the original 6th QIB.
The men of the draft were not included in the original nominal roll of the 6th QIB but were recorded in the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB to which Charles was allotted. He also spent time serving with Doyle's Australian Scouts for which he was Mentioned in Dispatches by Lord Kitchener in the London Gazette, 29 Jul 1902.
He remained in South Africa for further service when the 5th QIB returned to Australia, the date of his return and discharge are not given.
He enlisted again for WW1 on 28 Aug 1914 and on his Attestation Paper it was noted that; he was born at Leyburn, Qld, and was 37 years 11 months of age, he was single and a labourer; his N.O.K. was his brother Thomas George Rush, Marbango, Mitchell, Qld; and he had previously served in South Africa with the 3rd QMI and Doyle's Australian Scouts.
He was serving at the Gallipoli Peninsular when he suffered a gunshot wound to his left hand on 30 Sep 1915. He recovered and returned to duty but not long after was taken seriously ill with sclerosis and returned to Australia where he was discharged on 26 Jun 1916.
Charles Rush (registered as Charlie Rush) was born on 28 Sep 1873 at Leyburn, Qld, a son to Frederick Rush and Margaret Rush (nee Armstrong).
(source AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 471 & 518; AWM Honours and Awards; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 3rd Queensland Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 3; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 3rd QMI, Bk 3 p. 87, and 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 47; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).
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