LUSH  R.F.

Given Names:  Robert Finlay

               

Service Number:  20090

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade 8, Bty 32                                                                               

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  27 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Grazier                                                                                                      

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  6 Ft  2¾ In                  

Weight:  186 Lbs

Chest:  37-40 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  26/2/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  George Lush

Oakwood', 45 Studley Park Road, Kew, Victoria                                                                

Embarkation Date:  20/5/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Medic A7

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Kenilworth Castle                             

Embarked:  12/3/1918                               

Disembarked: 

Unit:  8th Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                     

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  26/9/1918                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  43265

Victory Medal:  42587

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1889

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  George LUSH                            

Mother:  Martha Dalgleish FINLAY

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1918     

Place:             

Spouse: Vera McCOLL

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 6/11/1934                          

Place: Camperdown, Victoria                   

Burial:  Carlton Cemetery, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Transhipped at Cape Town to "Field Marshall"

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

Yes

 

Kew Rotary