ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

RUDD, Thomas Adamthwaite

RUDD, Thomas Adamthwaite

Full Name: Thomas Adamthwaite

RUDD

Date of Birth: 02

–

1893

Place of birth: Sydney NSW

Australia

Occupation: Sleeper Cutter

Address: "Rosedale " Thomson's Brook, Donnybrook WA

Next of Kin: Father- T A RUDD, Mother- Betsy RUDD

Next of Kin Address: "Rosedale ", Thomson's Brook, Donnybrook, WA

Religion: Protestant

Service Number: 592

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 11th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1914-08-19

Enlistment Location: Helena Vale

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1914-11-02

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1914-11-26

Locations Served:

,

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: Died of Wounds

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Gallipoli, at sea

Age at Death: 22

Burial Location: Inscription Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey – Panel No. 34.

PREVIOUS SERVICE – 25th Light Horse
15/08/1914- Completed Medical Examination Bunbury WA
19/08/1914- Allotted  ” C ” Company 11th Battalion Blackboy Hill WA as Private
2/11/1914- Embarked Fremantle WA aboard ” Ascanius ” bound for Egypt
26/11/1914- Disembarked Alexandria ex Australia to Overseas Training Base
2/03/1915- Embarked Alexandria with Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces bound for Gallipoli Peninsula
28/07/1915- Wounded in Action Gallipoli ( Shrapnel Wound Abdomen )
28/07/1915- Admitted 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station Gallipoli then to Hospital Ship
30/07/1915- Died of Wounds Received in Action Gallipoli ( Died aboard HMHS ” Rewa ” )
30/07/1915- Buried at Sea by Rev. Chaplain V.L. KEELAN, R.N. near Alexandria Egypt.

 

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

1914/15 Star – Medal No. 5139

British War Medal – No. 8666

Victory Medal – No. 8623

Memorial Plaque/Scroll – No. 306322.

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Donnybrook War Memorial WA

Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT – Panel No. 63

Lone Pine Memorial Gallipoli Turkey – Panel No. 34.