WEPPLER, Richard
| Service Number: | 329 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Bega, New South Wales, Australia, 1876 |
| Home Town: | Bega, Bega Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper |
| Died: | Issues arrising from wounding during war service- died at Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 14 November 1925 |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW Plot: Anglican_2; Section 116; Plot 9 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 329, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 329, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 6 Dec 1901: | Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 329, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 500, notes dangerously wounded at Familie Hoek 6 Dec 1901. | |
| 20 Feb 1903: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 329, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 172 notes following wounding and recuperation returned to Australia aboard Yarrawonga to Sydney then by Aurania arriving Brisbane 13 Feb 1903, discharged 20 Feb 1903. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Richard Weppler enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his Mother Mrs J. Weppler, Bega, NSW.
Richard 'Dick' Weppler (also known as Arthur Weppler) was born about 1876 at Bega, NSW, a son to Charles Adam Weppler and Jane Bridgit Weppler (nee Moon). He married Lydia Burgess at Sydney in 1905 and they had 1 child. After returning from South Africa he made his way back to Bega. Around 1910 he and his wife had moved to Dora Creek where he worked as a storekeeper up until he passed. Injuries resulting from his wounding in South Africa continued to affect his health and he passed in Newcastle Hospital in 1925.
(Source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 500; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 172; various newspaper articles- see links).