Their bodies are buried in peace; but their names liveth for evermore.
Their Duty Done
A tribute to the men and women of the East Gippsland Region who Died
as a result of their participation in World War One : 1914 - 1919
2166 Lance-Corporal Rupert Osric Hepburn – Lakes Entrance
Died of wounds 9 September 1915
….. his three brothers returned home
The third of six boys, Rupert Osric grew up in Lakes Entrance where his
father was a school inspector and had started a career as a bank clerk with
the ANZ bank in Melbourne before enlisting on 15 March 1915. Four of the
Hepburn brothers enlisted with Rupert joining the 5
th
Battalion. He sailed
on HMAT Ceramic three months later and landed in the Dardanelles on 5
August and was quickly promoted to Lance Corporal on 2 September. He
was wounded by gun shot five days later at Lone Pine and transferred to the
hospital ship Mahene for transfer to Malta when he died on 9 September
and was buried at sea. He was 23 years old. His three brothers Austin, Eric
and Douglas survived.
