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Rupert Laity 1887 - 1917

Rupert Laity was born in 1887 to William John Osbourne Laity and Elizabeth (Smith) Laity, and had siblings Harold Laity, Sydney Thomas Laity, Dolly Laity, and Gordon Laity. He married Isabella Miller (Comb) Laity Ah Gee, and had children Alex Rupert William Laity and Colin Victor Donald Laity. Rupert Laity died at age 29 years old on September 20, 1917 at Polygon Wood in Belgium.

Rupert Laity

1887

September 20, 1917

Polygon Wood in , Belgium

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Rupert Laity's History: 1887 - 1917

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Introduction

The Mildura Cultivator. Victoria. 20th September 1919. IN MEMORIAM. LAITY - COMB. In everlasting and loving remembrance of my dear husband and our darling daddy, Lance Corporal Rupert Laity, D.C.M., who was killed in action in Belgium on 20th September, 1917, aged 30 years. Also my dear and only brother, Private W. R. Comb, killed in action in France on 31st July, 1916. Aged 34. The dearly loved uncle of Alex, Colin and Frankie.
1887

Birthday

1887

Birthdate

Unknown

Birthplace

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Military Service

Lance Corporal, D.C.M., 6th Battalion
09/20

1917

Death

September 20, 1917

Death date

Unknown
Cause of death

Polygon Wood in Belgium
Death location

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Obituary

The Argus, Melbourne. 24th November 1917. LAITY.- Killed in action, in France, on 20th September, 1917, after two years' hard fighting, Corporal Rupert Laity, D.C.M., aged 30 years and five months, dearly loved husband of Isabella M. Laity, and the beloved father of Alex, Colin, and Frankie. Our sacrifice, our darling dad.

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