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Rudolph Ernest STRASSBURG

Regimental number4730
Place of birthAbbotsford, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationEngine driver
Address135 Hopkins Street, Boulder, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinWife, Mrs V A Strassburg, Waroona, SW Railway, Western Australia
Enlistment date3 November 1915
Place of enlistmentAscot, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Pioneer Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 19 June 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on St George's Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour (now located in Goldfields War Museum, Boulder, Western Australia).
Medals

Military Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 189
Date: 8 November 1917

Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Changed name by Deed Poll to Roy Ernest STIRLING, 11 August 1919.

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