WERTHEIM, RUPERT CARL

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World War I
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Family name
WERTHEIM
Given name(s)
RUPERT CARL
Initials
R.C.
Gender
Male
Naming note
Known as 'Soss'
Early education
WERTHEIM, R.C. : Melbourne Church of England Grammar School, 1905 - 1910
Tertiary education
WERTHEIM R.C. : Science, University of Melbourne
Birth
WERTHEIM R.C. : Life.Birth 1893
Military service
WERTHEIM R.C. : Military and health.Enlisted: Private 16 Jun 1915WERTHEIM R.C. : Specific terms.Demobilised: Captain 18 Apr 1919
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
WERTHEIM R.C. : Stockbroker - WIlliams & Wertheim @ Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]WERTHEIM R.C. : Businessman 1911 - 1914 Wertheim Piano Factory @ Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]
Other events
WERTHEIM R.C. : Relationships.Married 23 Dec 1920 - @ Melbourne Church of England Grammar School : 355 St Kilda Road, South Yarra [ VIC Australia ]
Death
WERTHEIM R.C. : Death 11 Oct 1933 Illness @ Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]
OCRd book entry or other narrative
M.C.E.G.S.; Trinity; former student of Science; tennis blue. 16.6.15, Pte. 23rd Btn.; to 2nd Pnr. Btn., 2/Lt., 1.4.16; Lieut. 23.7.16; to Div. H.Q. with Intelligence Corps 1.2.17; Capt. 25.3.17; seconded to Corps H.Q. March 1918; Gallipoli November-December 1915; Egypt to March 1916; then to France. Despatches 1916, 7.4.18 and 16.3.19. Demob. 18th April 1919.
Year commenced - MELBOURNE UNI ONLY
1910
Additional photograph(s)
Tennis player Rupert Wertheim hitting a backhand [ jpg ]
Parental occupation
Merchant
Visible notes
In September 1917 he interrogated captured Germans, deriving information that averted a German counter-attack.

Played Davis Cup for Australia against Czechoslovakia in 1922. Runner Up in Vic Amateur Billiards Championship 1926. Wertheim was 6ft 6 inches tall.
Discovering Anzacs
http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/356057
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http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/rupert-wertheim/w894/overview
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