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ONLEY, Rupert Clyde
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 768 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 March 1917, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Flynn, Victoria, Australia, 29 August 1899 |
| Home Town: | Flynn, Latrobe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Result of accident, Foster, Victoria, Australia, 25 July 1935, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Korumburra Civil Cemetery, Victoria Row Z, Grave 186 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 768, 6th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 30 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 768, 6th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 768, 6th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
| 31 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 25th Infantry Battalion, From 6th Machine Gun Company | |
| 20 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 37th Infantry Battalion, In France | |
| 30 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 768, 37th Infantry Battalion, Gassed | |
| 18 Dec 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion, From 37th Battalion | |
| 7 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 768, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alfred James Onley and Lilian Onley nee Rodway of Flynn, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 22 August 1919 aboard HT Anchises disembarking on 8 October 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1921c Rupert married Kathleen Margaret Egan in Victoria
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