WILLIAMS  R.C.

Given Names:  Rupert Charles Pitt

               

Service Number:  629

Unit:  6th Battalion, F Company                                                                                        

Rank:  Colour Sergeant                                                                                                   

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Age:  30 Yrs  6 Mths

Occupation:  Wickerworker                                                                                            

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Roman Catholic

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  9½ In                  

Weight:  182 Lbs

Chest:  37 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Sallow

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  19/8/1914

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Margaret Williams

45 Davis Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                          

Embarkation Date:  19/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Hororata A20

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Ballarat 

Embarked:  5/7/1915                                 

Disembarked:  6/8/1915

Unit:  6th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  7/2/1916                         

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  5916

British War Medal:  2003

Victory Medal:  1999

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BIRTH

Date or Year:  1884

Place:  Hawthorn, Victoria                        

Father:  Charles Philip WILLIAMS            

Mother:  Margaret Germaine NIND

 

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DEATH

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SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 14/5/1915

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Xavier College

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary