Claude ROUSE

Regimental number11/368
AddressDannevirke
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Rouse, High Street, Waimate, Canterbury
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment in the Main Body left New Zealand on board three ships ('Arawa', 'Orari', and 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankSergeant
Final unitWellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 14 November 1917
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialRamleh War Cemetery (Row M, Grave No 8), Palestine
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: C E and the late Robert B Rouse, Sheffield, Tasmania, Australia
Medals

Military Medal

'For bravery in the field.'
Source: 'London Gazette'
Date: 18 July 1917

Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine

Medals: Miliatry Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victopry Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Main Body

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