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ELLSMORE, Rupert

Service Numbers:	3587, Commissioned Officer, N468329
Enlisted:	16 August 1915, 11th Reinforcements Warwick Farm, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	55th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia, 27 August 1891
Home Town:	Chatswood, Willoughby, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Traveller
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

16 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3587, 4th Infantry Battalion, 11th Reinforcements Warwick Farm, Sydney, New South Wales
13 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3587, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
16 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, 'Doubling of the AIF' - Zeitoum, Egypt
8 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 53rd Infantry Battalion
26 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 53rd Infantry Battalion
7 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 3587, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
15 Nov 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery
9 Apr 1917:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Mentioned in General Haig's Despatch of 9 April 1917
4 Aug 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Commissioned after OTU Cambridge UK
24 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 55th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, Evacuated UK
18 Dec 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 55th Infantry Battalion, Attached for duty - London
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 55th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days"
2 Sep 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 55th Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne
23 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 55th Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

2 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, N468329

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