Description
Collection relating to the service of 5215 Corporal Arthur Stuart Keylock Rusden, 59 Battalion, AIF, at sea, Egypt, France, 1916 and 1918. Collection consists of a notebook containing handwritten copies of a diary kept by Corporal Rusden during 1916, and a typescript copy of a narrative entitled 'Villers-Bretonneux - 25th April 1918'. Copies made by Corporal Rusden's father, Arthur Spence Rusden. Location of originals unknown.
Contextual Description
5215 Corporal Arthur Stuart Keylock Rusden, 59 Battalion, AIF, who on 4 July 1918 was killed in action at Hamel. Other biographical details concerning him are: clerk (Victorian Income Tax Department); of Nhill and Ballarat, Victoria; born at Rupanyup, Victoria; educated at Nhill State & Ballarat High Schools, was a sergeant in Ballarat High School cadets, joined the AIF on 3 January 1916; was wounded at Polygon Wood (Third Battle of Ypres) in 1917; age at time of death, 20 years 9 months.
Details
Accession Number
1DRL/0559
Maker
Corporal Arthur Stuart Keylock Rusden
Classification
Private Record
Measurement
Archived measurement
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Provenance
AWM93 12/11/886
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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