RUSHBROOKE A.C.
Given Names: Albert Claude
Service Number: 689
Unit: 6th Battalion, F Company
Rank: Private
Paybook Number:
Age: 23 Yrs 2 Mths
Occupation: Printer
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Church of England
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height: 5 Ft 6 In
Weight: 137 Lbs
Chest: 34 In
Hair: Dark
Eyes: Blue
Complexion: Fresh
ENLISTMENT
Date Enlisted: 19/8/1914
Place: Eastern Hill
Next of Kin: MOTHER Mrs Rebecca Rushbrooke
133 Edgevale Road, Kew, Victoria
Embarkation Date: 19/10/1914
Port: Melbourne
Ship: HMAT Hororata A20
END OF WAR
Status: Returned to Australia
Ship: Durham
Embarked: 23/10/1918
Disembarked: 23/12/1918
Unit: 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Rank: Private
Discharge Date: 28/2/1919
Place: Melbourne
MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star: 7218
British War Medal: 1906
Victory Medal: 1905
Other:
BIRTH
Date or Year: 1891
Place: Richmond, Victoria
Father: John Edwin RUSHBROOKE
Mother: Rebecca HARRISON
MARRIAGE
Year: 1919
Place: Victoria
Spouse: Ida Emily LEWRY
DEATH
Date or Year: 27/12/1974
Place: Balwyn, Victoria
Burial: Springvale, Victoria
SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
Wounded in action 7/6/1918; gassed
MEMORIALS
Kew State School
Holy Trinity Church
Kew War Memorial
WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE
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