Rupert VETTLER

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Service Number:	4912
Enlisted:	7 December 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Trainer
Died:	Subiaco, Western Australia, 5 March 1946, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Roman Catholic, Section SC, Grave 0273
Memorials:

7 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4912, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4912, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4912, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle
20 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 11th Battalaion
19 Jul 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 4912, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Son of John Baptiste Vettler and Nellie (Ellen) Vettler nee Cummings of Beaufort Street, Perth, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 13 April 1919 aboard HT Commonwealth disembarking on 4 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Rupert married Bridget Lynskey in Perth, WA

Residential address at the time of death was Maylands, WA

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