Rusden, Arthur Stuart Keylock (Corporal, b.? - d.1918) Accession Number: 1DRL/0559

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.

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Accession Number
1DRL/0559
Maker
Corporal Arthur Stuart Keylock Rusden
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Papers
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1928
Place Made
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
3
Access
Open
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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