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, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, 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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