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Ernest Ruby

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Full length portrait of Private Ernest Ruby, Reg No 64354, of the 32nd Reinforcements, E Company. (Photographer: Herman Schmidt, 1917). Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 31-R3922. No known copyright.

Full length portrait of Private Ernest Ruby, Reg No 64354, of the 32nd Reinforcements, E Company. (P …

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ernest AWMM
  • Surname
    Ruby AWMM
  • Ingoa
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  • Service number
    WWI 64354 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
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    Frank Ruby (brother), Riverhead, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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    Army AWMM
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    WWI 64354 AWMM
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    WW1 Unknown AWMM Mill hand/Civilian AWMM
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  • Ernest Ruby played rugby league for a short lived Riverhead rugby league club in 1916. After the team defaulted matches and withdrew from the competition he was granted a transfer to the City Rovers 2nd grade side. He then went away to war, possibly faking his age due to the timeline of rugby league playing. In the early 1920s he debuted for the City Rovers 1st grade side. He then transferred to the North Shore Albions (then known as Devonport United and played for them from 1926 to 1932. He also represented Auckland in 9 matches from 1927 to 1931 scoring 4 tries.
    His rugby league career is partially documented in the Auckland Rugby League seasons which I wrote on wikipedia.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927_Auckland_Rugby_League_season
    Public - Jamie - Researcher - 3 June 2023
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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R20808437
    Further Reference
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    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      75: 39 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 1: Includes portrait AWMM

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