~~~~~~~Military Service, Australian Imperial Force, AIF, World War One~~~~~~~~~~~
Service number:--- 2457
Born:--- Richmond, Victoria
Schooling:--- Richmond Central State School, Victoria
Religion:--- Presbyterian
Civilian Employment:--- Missioner (home missionary)
Home Address:--- Traralgon South, Victoria
Marital status:--- Single
Age on enlistment:--- 35 years and 10 months.
Next of kin:--- Father, William Yule, 31 Gipps Street, Richmond, Victoria
Attested into AIF:---3rd July 1915 at Melbourne, victoria.
Last Rank:--- Private
Last Unit:--- 22nd Battalion, 5th Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Melbourne, Victoria, RMS Osterley on 29th September 1915.
Fate:-- Killed in Action, 14th April 1918, Amiens, France
Burial:---St Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, France
Medals:--- 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Parents:--- William Yule and Elizabeth Walsh married 1875, North Melbourne.
~~~~~~~~~~~Family and military connections~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Brother:--- Captain John Smythe Yule MC, Australian Army Medical Corps, returned to Australia, 23rd June 1919.
Brother:--- 32553 Gunner Oliver Marcus Yule, 1st Divisional Artillery Headquarters, returned to Australia, 20th June 1919.
Other details:---War service: taken on strength, 22nd Bn, Tel el Kebir, Egypt, 8 January 1916. Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 26 March 1916. To hospital, sick (deafness), 13 October 1916; to convalescent camp, Boulogne, 1 december 1916; rejoined unit, 25 February 1916.
Inscription
2457 PRIVATE
R. O. YULE
22ND BN. AUSTRALIAN INF.
14TH APRIL 1918 AGE 38
Family Members
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William Yule
1844–1923
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Elizabeth Walsh Yule
1853–1940
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Thomas Grant Yule
1877–1960
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John Smythe Yule
1881–1946
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Mary Margaret Yule
1883–1955
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Elsie Maude Yule
1888–1971
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Samuel Francis Yule
1890–1963
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Oliver Marcus Yule
1898–1983
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