Louis RUWOLDT

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Service Number:	2179
Enlisted:	6 March 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Kit Stores
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Enameller
Died:	Died of Illness, Fulham, England, United Kingdom, 3 November 1918
Cemetery:	Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Plot IV, Row G, Grave No. 21
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll

6 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2179, 7th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
17 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2179, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
17 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2179, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
8 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2179, 7th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Multiple BW sustained at Lone Pine (after only arriving at Gallipoli on 5 August 1915). Evacuated to Egypt and transferred to light duties. Did not rejoin unit.
20 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, AIF Canteens, Egypt
1 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Kit Stores, Fulham UK, where he served until being admitted to Fulham Hospital with pneumonia and influenza on 31 October 1918, and of which he died there on 3 November 1918.

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Married Grace Amey MOULTON, St Andrew's Anglican Church, Fulham, 25 December 1917.

Admitted to Fulham Hospital, 31 October 1918 (influenza); died, 3 November 1918.

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