RUDGE A.G.

Given Names:  Alfred George

Service Number:  2424

Unit:  7th Battalion, 7th reinforcements                                                                             

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

Age:  38 Yrs  10 Mths

Occupation:  Labourer                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  4 In                     

Weight:  148 Lbs

Chest:  34-36¼ In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Medium

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  5/5/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Katherine Rudge

165 Wellington Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                 

Embarkation Date:  16/7/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Demosthenes A64

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Barambah                                       

Embarked:  8/4/1917                                 

Disembarked:  9/6/1917

Unit:  1st Pioneer Battalion                                                                                                            

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  11/7/1917                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  8180

British War Medal:  15603

Victory Medal:  15666

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1876

Place:  Egremont, Cheshire, England        

Father:  Andrew RUDGE                         

Mother:  Emma BORLAND

MARRIAGE

Year:  1900     

Place:             

Spouse: Katherine Hannah NOONAN

DEATH

Date or Year: 27/2/1918                          

Place: East Melbourne, Victoria                

Burial:  Box Hill Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Admitted hospital 26/7/1916; shell shock

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

COMMENTS

Inquest 1918-3-14 states he was drowned

FURTHER INFORMATION