Rupert HALE

HALE, Rupert

    Service Number: 3909
    Enlisted: 11 July 1916, Geelong, Vic.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 32nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Ceres, Victoria, Australia, 1896
    Home Town: Inverleigh, Golden Plains, Victoria
    Schooling: Inverleigh State School No. 1147, Victoria
    Occupation: Farmer
    Memorials: Barrabool Holy Trinity Sunday School Boys Honor Roll, Inverleigh & District Residents Roll of Honor, Inverleigh Independent Order of Rechabites Pictorial Honour Roll, Inverleigh Parish of Inverleigh Honor Roll, Inverleigh State School Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    11 Jul 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3909, 29th Infantry Battalion, Geelong, Vic.
    19 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 3909, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
    19 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 3909, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
    23 Mar 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3909, 29th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Beaumetz
    30 Aug 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Machine Gun Company, Belgium
    25 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3909, 8th Machine Gun Company, Polygon Wood, GSW to right leg. Evacuated to UK. Rejoined 29th Btn 15 January 1918.
    15 Jan 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 29th Infantry Battalion, France
    8 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3909, 29th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens
    30 Sep 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3909, 29th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal
    12 Oct 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion, France. 29th Btn disbanded.
    22 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3909, 32nd Infantry Battalion, RTA 18 July 1919 and discharged (TPE).

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