| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0555 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm. |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Ruddle, Charles Henry |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | c1930 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/873 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Ruddle, Charles Henry (Lieutenant, b.1886 - d.1916)
Description
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Charles Henry Ruddle, 2 Light Horse Regiment and 9 Battalion, AIF, Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos, 1914-1915. Collection consists of photostat copies of seven letters written by Ruddle to his parents. Copies made by Australian War Memorial. Location of originals unknown.
History / Summary
Biographical note: Lieutenant Charles Henry Ruddle, 9 Battalion, AIF, who died on 23 July 1916 of wounds received at Pozieres. Other biographical details concerning him are: school teacher; of Bundaberg, Queensland; born Suva, Fiji, 8 February 1886; educated at a State School in Australia; joined the AIF on 2 September 1914 and left Australia with the 2nd Light Horse Regiment, having on 14 September been promoted Sergeant; was slightly wounded at Anzac and was sent to Egypt suffering from enteric; returned to the Peninsula, and on 30 October 1915 was promoted Company Sergeant Major in the 9th Battalion; 1 March 1916, appointed 2nd Lieutenant; 1 June 1916, appointed Lieutenant; 6 July 1916, appointed Adjutant.