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Ernest Edwin RUSHBROOKE

1886 - 1915  (28 years)

• Name	Ernest Edwin RUSHBROOKE
  Birth	14 Nov 1886	Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Baptism	09 Jan 1887	Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	From 29 Oct 1897 to 13 Dec 1897	steamship GOTHIC   [4, 5]
  Immigration	From 29 Oct 1897 to 13 Dec 1897	Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand   [4, 5]
  Occupation	1911  [6]
  	Farmer, Kihikihi, Waikato
  Military Service	From 14 Dec 1914 to 08 Aug 1915  [7, 8]
  	Private, Auckland Infantry Batln, New Zealand Expeditionary Forces
  Death	08 Aug 1915	Gallipoli, Turkey   [9, 10]
  Probate	10 Nov 1916	Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand   [11]
  Burial	Gallipoli, Turkey   [13]
  Person ID	I2011	NZ Genealogy Project | RUSHBROOKE Descendant
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Ernest Edwin RUSHBROOKE,   b. 10 Feb 1859, Scoulton, Norfolk, England d. 27 Apr 1940, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Ellen Sarah WRIGHT [Sarah],   b. 1857, Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England d. 08 Sep 1934, Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	30 Sep 1884	Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England   [14, 15, 16, 17]
  Residence	1900	Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand   [18]
  Residence	1905	Taupiri, Waikato, New Zealand   [18]
  Residence	1911	Kihikihi, Waikato, New Zealand   [18]
  Residence	1914	Te Mawhai, Waikato, New Zealand   [18]
  Residence	1919	Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand   [18]
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  Family ID	F39	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 14 Nov 1886 - Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England Baptism - 09 Jan 1887 - Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England Immigration - From 29 Oct 1897 to 13 Dec 1897 - Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Death - 08 Aug 1915 - Gallipoli, Turkey Probate - 10 Nov 1916 - Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Burial - - Gallipoli, Turkey  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  		Baptism - Ernest Edwin RUSHBROOKE

  
  

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  		1897 Voyage to NZ on the steamship Gothic Details of the Gothic and the 1897 voyage to New Zealand. Ernest Edwin RUSHBROOKE, his wife Ellen Sarah WRIGHT and their six children migrated to New Zealand on the steamship Gothic in 1897. Mary Alice WRIGHT and James George WRIGHT, Ellen's sister and brother, also traveled to New Zealand on the voyage.

  
  

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  BIOGRAPHY Ernest Edwin Rushbrooke, second son of Ernest Rushbrooke and Sarah Wright, was born in 1888 at Great Ellingham, Norfolk. Ernest migrated to New Zealand with his parents in 1897. He farmed next to his parents at Te Mawhai, and enlisted in the Army as soon as the first World War broke out. Ernest was 6 feet 2 inches tall (1.88 m), and had grey eyes and dark brown hair. Ernest was wounded in action at Gallipoli 8 August 1915 and officially posted as missing. On 21 March 1916 he was reported as "wounded and missing, believed to be dead, on or about 8th August 1915". Ernest left no will, his father administering his estate. His probate record include letters and affidavits from family and lawyers, including a letter from Ernest's brother Thomas in Egypt who reported talking to some of Ernest's mates and obtained his army kit. PRIVATE E. E. RUSHBROOKE. Private E. E. Rushbrooke, who was wounded on August 8, left with the third reinforcements of the Auckland Infantry Battalion, and had been in the trenches since the beginning of May. He is the second son of Mr E. E. Rushbrooke. of Te Mawhai, and when he enlisted was farming near his father's property. He was born in Great Ellingham, England, and came to New Zealand 18 years ago, at the age of 11. A younger brother, Private T. A. Rushbrooke, who was engaged in farming with his father, left with the fifth reinforcements. Source: Waikato Times 10 September 1915, Page 5. THE ROIL OF HONOUR. DOMINION HEROES. PTE. ERNEST EDWIN RUSHBROOKE, wounded on August 8, and not since heard of. He is the eldest son of Mr. E. E. Rushbrooke, of Te Mawhai (King Country), and was farming with his father when he enlisted. Source: Auckland Star 30 November 1915, Page 5.

  
  

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