Ancestor Details

Ancestor's Name: Philip Charles Rush

Ancestor's date of birth: 13/02/1880

Ancestor's date of death: 1954

Cause of Death: Age related

Service and Life Before the Boer War: Born in Bundanoon in the Southern Highlands of NSW. On enlistment his NOK was shown as living in Penrose. He was an orchardist.

Service Number: 2350

Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Sydney

Unit: 3^rd New South Wales Imperial Bushmen

Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: 01/04/1901

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): PTE, Date Effective: 13/02/1917

Murray Page: 161

Contingent: Fifth New South Wales

Ship: Not known.

Memorial details: Interred at Woronora cemetery, near Sutherland NSW.

Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Transvaal, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902 clasps. Boer War Medal, Victory Medal.

Personal Characteristics: 176 cm tall, fair complexion, hazel eyes and light brown hair

Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided.

Details of service in war: Service: May 1901 - May 1902 in west then east Transvaal then west Transvaal under Ian Hamilton He returned to Australia on the SS Aurania in May 1902.

Service and life after the Boer War: He was an orchardist in the Bundanoon area when he enlisted (at Goulburn) again in World War 1 as 5131 Pte in the 30^th Bn AIF on 13 February 1917. He received an injury caused by an accident to his leg and back in the field in France on 9 September 1918 which caused his evacuation. He returned on the Aeneas 2 January 1919 and was discharged in Australia 29 March 1919. He died in the Hurstville district south of Sydney.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Jean Thew, Wingello NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Niece