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GORTON, Rufus Myles
Personal Details
Service Number: | 326 |
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Enlisted: | 25 April 1916, Randwick |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Stroud, New South Wales, Australia, 24 April 1894 |
Home Town: | Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Natural causes, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, 24 January 1960, aged 65 years |
Cemetery: |
Coffs Harbour Historic Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Presbyterian Portion |
Memorials: | Stroud Cenotaph |
Service History
World War 1 Service
25 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 326, 21st Machine Gun Company , Randwick | |
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16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 326, 1st Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 326, 1st Machine Gun Company, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
8 Jan 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 326, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , HT Ulysses, England for invaliding to Australia (Appendicitis) - arriving Melbourne on 4 March 1919 then by boat to Sydney. | |
10 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 326, 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
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