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WILLSHIRE, Rupert Lindsay
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 8411 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Wilmington, South Australia, Australia, 30 April 1896 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 25 September 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
The Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium Plot V11, Row A, Grave 8, The Huts Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Nov 1915: | Involvement Driver, 8411, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Nov 1915: | Embarked Driver, 8411, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 19 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 8411, Enlisted at Adelaide |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Robert Charles James Leggatt Willshire and Amelia (nee Phillips) Willshire of 8 Fisher Terrace, West Adelaide SA; later of Aberdeen, Burra, SA. Brother of Percival Reginald Willshire, Robert Charles Willshire, Clyde Willshire returned to Australia on 2 January 1919 having served in the 12th Battallion, Clarence Roy Willshire, Melville Vivian Willshire plus two others who lived less than a day.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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