Participant Info

Surname

Whitehurst

First Name

Russell

Initial

A

Service Number

2751

Rank

private

Unit Served

45th Battalion

Service Record

France, Belgium

Enlistment Date

1916

Enlistment Month

July 3

Embarkation Year

1916

Embarkation Month

October 7

Date of Death

1917

Month of Death

June 7

Death Category

KIA

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, NSW section S, notes page 150, image page 149

Also Known As

Spousal

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

Lily Whitehurst

Parental Address

"Maldon", Villers Street, Rockdale

Parental City

Sydney

Parental State

NSW

Notes

"born April 13, 1899, educated Erskineville, enlisted August 1916 (5 1/2 months on Home Defence), embarked October 7, 1916. War service: France (killed by a sniper whilst trying to save one of his comrades at Messines, June 7, 1917.) (His enlistment date