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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Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary