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RUFFELS, Edward Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2896 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Forest, Tasmania, Australia, 10 April 1894 |
| Home Town: | King Island, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | War Service related illness, Australia, 1 January 1920, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Hobart (Queenborough) Cemetery, Tasmania Memorial ID 119899495 -Reinterred at Cornelian Bay Cemetery, New Town, Tasmania on 6 March 2025. |
| Memorials: | Currie King Island Great War Honour Roll, Stanley Circular Head War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2896, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2896, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2896, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 5 Nov 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2896, 26th Infantry Battalion, Departed England for Australia, arrived on 31 December 1917. Suffering from TB. | |
| 18 Jun 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2896, 26th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit. |
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