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]
  Documents » Slide Show		1891 Census
  		Marriage 1884
  		Children of Ernest E and Ellen S Rushbrooke Sourced from Rushbrooke Family Bible on Trademe.co.nz
  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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  Ernest Edwin RUSHBROOKE (1186-1915)

  
  

  Documents		Certificate of military service
  		Baptism - Ernest Edwin RUSHBROOKE

  
  

  Histories		Places - Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England Information about the parish and village of Great Ellingham in Norfolk. The parish was the birth place of Ellen Sarah Wright in 1857 and her sister Alice Mary Wright in 1861. Ernest Edwin Rushbrooke lived in Bury Hall, a substantial property on the outskirts of the village, from about 1881 until 1897. He married Ellen Sarah Wright in the village church, and six of their children were born in the village. They mirgrated to New Zealand in 1897.
  		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.

  
  

• Notes

  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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S66] Census England - 1891. RG12/1549 Great Ellingham 80/7. Ernest E. RUSKBROOKE, son, 4 years, born G Ellingham. [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005). School Admission Index - Birthdate 14 Nov 1886 [S1669] Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1922, (Ancestry.com). [S68] Michael A Rushbrooke, Lavenham, Suffolk, Rushbrooke Family, (Michael Rushbrooke, Lavenham, Suffolk 2000). [S67] Chris J Korte, Rushbrooke Voyage to New Zealand 1897, (Chris Korte, Horsham, Australia 27 Jan 2007). [S604] Diane Wilson, NZ 1911 Electoral Roll, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2010). [S214] Certificate of the Services in the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces, (Minister of Defence). Certificate of the Services in the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces of 12/1784 Private Ernest E Rushbrooke who gave his life for his country. Theatres of War: Egyptian 1915, Bulkan, Gallipoli 1915. Awarded: 1914 15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medel. War Service. Date commenced duty: 14.12.1914. Date embarked: 14.2.1915. Date of death: 8.8.1915. Place of death: Gallipoli. [S44] Diane Wilson (Compiler), NZ WW1 Census, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc. 2005). [S214] Certificate of the Services in the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces, (Minister of Defence). [S215] Auckland Weekly News. 16.09.1915 - RUSHBROOKE, Private E E, who was wounded on August 8, left with the third reinforcements for 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. A younger brother, Private T A Rushbrooke, who was engaged in farming with his father, left with the fifth reinforcements. [S39] David Bryant, NZSG Index - Probate records, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc.). [S13] Michael A Rushbrooke, Rushbrooke's of New Zealand. [S104] The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, (http://www.cwgc.org/). Debt of Honour Register In Memory of ERNEST EDWIN RUSHBROOKE Private 12/1784 Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F. who died on Sunday 8 August 1915 . Age 29 . Son of Ernest Edwin and Ellen Sarah Rushbrooke, of Te Mawhai. Native of Ellingham, Norfolk, England. Cemetery: CHUNUK BAIR (NEW ZEALAND) MEMORIALTurkey. Grave or Reference Panel Number: 11. Location: Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial is on the north-west side of Chunuk Bair Cemetery, which is on the ridge which runs north-east from Brighton Beach. Chunuk Bair Cemetery lies on a very severe slope approximately one metre below the road level, which is accessed down a flight of steps. The eight month campaign in Gallipoli was fought by Commonwealth and French forces in an attempt to force Turkey out of the war, to relieve the deadlock of the Western Front in France and Belgium, and to open a supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles and the Black Sea. The Allies landed on the peninsula on 25-26 April 1915; the 29th Division at Cape Helles in the south and the Australian and New Zealand Corps north of Gaba Tepe on the west coast, an area soon known as Anzac. On 6 August, further landings were made at Suvla, just north of Anzac, and the climax of the campaign came in early August when simultaneous assaults were launched on all three fronts. Chunuk Bair was one of the main objectives in the Battle of Sari Bair, fought 6-10 August 1915. The attack was to be carried out by two columns of the New Zealand Infantry Brigade, starting from the outposts on the shore and proceeding up the Sazli Belt Dere and the Chailak Dere. Meanwhile the New Zealand Mounted Rifles were to clear the foothills. The New Zealand Infantry reached Rhododendron Spur, where they were joined by the 10th Gurkha Rifles, from further north, and reinforced by the 8th Welsh, the 7th Gloucesters, the Auckland Mounted Rifles, and the Maori Contingent. The Wellington Infantry and some of the Gloucesters and Welsh reached the summit, and were later joined by men of the Auckland Infantry and Mounted Rifles. These troops, after repulsing incessant Turkish attacks, were reinforced by the Otago Battalion and the Wellington Mounted Rifles. The 6th Gurkhas and the 6th South Lancashire Regiment came in on the left. The 6th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment relieved the force at Chunuk Bair on the evening of 9 August, supported later by part of the 5th Wilts, but on the morning of the 10th, the position was taken by a determined and overwhelming counter-attack, carried out by a Turkish Army Corps led by Mustapha Kemal Pasha. The loss of Chunuk Bair marked the end of the effort to reach the central foothills of the peninsula and on this sector of the front, the line remained unaltered until the evacuation in Decemeber 1915. The CHUNUK BAIR (NEW ZEALAND) MEMORIAL is one of four memorials erected to commemorate New Zealand soldiers who died on the Gallipoli peninsula and whose graves are not known. This memorial relates to the Battle of Sari Bair and in other operations in this sector. It bears more than 850 names. CHUNUK BAIR CEMETERY was made after the Armistice on the site where the Turks had buried some of those Commonwealth soldiers who were killed on 6-8 August. It contains 632 Commonwelath burials, only ten of which are identified. [S92] FreeBMD, (http://www.freebmd.org.uk//), none. Marriages Sep 1884. Ernest Edwin Rushbrooke and Ellen Sarah Wright. Wayland, 4b, 445. [S213] Copy of Entry of Marriage, (General Register Office, England). 1884 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Great Ellingham in the County of Norfolk. No 163. When Marrried: September 30 1884. Name and surname: Ernest Edwin Rushbrooke, Ellen Sarah Wright. Age: 26 and 26. Condition: Bachelor and Spinster. Rank or Profession: Farmer. Residence at time of marriage: Great Ellingham and Great Ellingham. Father's name and surname: Alban Rushbrooke (Farmer) and George Samuel Wright (Farmer). Witness: William Arthur Roberts and Alice Mary Wright. [S332] FreeREG, (http://www.freereg.org.uk/), none. Marriage - County Norfolk; Place Great Ellingham; Church St James; RegisterNumber 163; MarriageDate 30 Sep 1884; GroomForename Ernest Edwin; GroomSurname RUSHBROOKE; GroomAge 26; GroomParish Great Ellingham; GroomOccupation Farmer; GroomAbode Great Ellingham; BrideForename Ellen Sarah; BrideSurname WRIGHT; BrideAge 26; BrideParish Great Ellingham; BrideAbode Great Ellingham; GroomFatherForename Alban; GroomFatherSurname RUSHBROOKE; GroomFatherOccupation Farmer; BrideFatherForename George Samuel; BrideFatherSurname WRIGHT; BrideFatherOccupation Farmer; WitnessOneForename William Arthur; WitnessOneSurname ROBERTS; WitnessTwoForename Maria; WitnessTwoSurname WRIGHT [S31] Family Search, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), none. [S614] NZ Electoral Rolls, 1853-2010, (Ancestry.co.uk.), none.