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Rupert Gordon RABBISH

Regimental number4729
Place of birthBurra, South Australia
SchoolScotch College, Perth, Western Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationClerk
Address123 Barker Road, Subiaco, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Mr W T Rabbish, 123 Barker Road, Subiaco, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date16 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll2 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 1 April 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll4729A
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll51st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 17 July 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialMessines Ridge British Cemetery (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 2), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
153
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Elizabeth RABBISH, Williams, Western Australia. Native of South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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