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Rupert Geehan GODENZI

Regimental number1517
Place of birthMaldon, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarter
AddressLong Gully, Maldon, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinB Godenzi, Long Gully, Maldon, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date26 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 8 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 10 November 1917
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XL, Row G, Grave No. 5), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
99
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Maldon, Victoria. Inscription beneath memorial window depicting St George reads: 'Pro Deo et Patria 1914 1919'. Parents: B.P. and Sarah GODENZI, Maldon, Victoria
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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