Remembering Neil Ruffell Russell of St John’s College
Born: 1888 in Wellington, New Zealand.
Died: 26th March 1918 in Somme, France. Killed in action, aged 30.
Service Number: WWI 32542
Last Rank: WW1 Second Lieutenant, Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
Buried: Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France.
Neil Ruffell Russell attended the college between 1908 and 1910 and also attended Auckland University College. His service record shows his occupation, before enlistment, as ‘Barrister’. He married shortly before his enlistment in 1917 to Molly Russell and was killed while fighting in Somme, France in 1918.
Related Links and Articles on Neil Ruffell Russell
- Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Entry
- Commonwealth War Graves
- Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France
- A Street New You entry
- The University of Auckland – Special Collections Roll of Honour
100th Anniversary Display Note
To mark the 100th anniversary of the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli an exhibition was held at the John Kinder Theological Library displaying books and archives, as well as biographies of the St John’s Theological College students who served and were killed during World War One.
These biographies will be posted on this blog over the next week including some significant discoveries we have made while researching these students.