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Herbert WOODRUFF

Regimental number989
Place of birthManchester, England
ReligionWesleyan
OccupationLabourer
AddressForbes, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinMother, Mrs Annie Woodruff, Manchester, Lancashire, England
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion E Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
No details of embarkation for HQ and A-H Companies entered on Embarkation Roll.
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 3 February 1915
Discharge date2 May 1915
Other details

War service: Egypt.!Commenced return to Australia, 5 February 1915; discharged (medically unfit: delusional insanity), 2 May 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSee 6139 Herbert WOODRUFF for second period of service.
Date of death3 August 1936
Age at death56
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, WOODRUFF Herbert

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