George Aubrey VERTUE

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Service Number:	2334
Enlisted:	13 January 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	9th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Gawler, South Australia, 6 September 1895
Home Town:	Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Jockey
Died:	Keswick, South Australia, 28 April 1943, aged 47 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: LO, Road: 4S, Site No: 17
Memorials:	Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board

13 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2334, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
28 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 2334, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: ''
28 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 2334, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Bakara, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Trooper, 2334
25 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 2334, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Son of William Francis Vertue and Annie Harriet Vertue nee Aubrey of St Leonards, Glenelg, SA.

Served a year apprenticeship with W. Hopwood of Glenelg, SA.

Brother of Arthur Renton Vertue who returned to Australia on 21 September 1919 having served with the 50th Battalion

Commenced return to Australia on 10 July 1919 aboard HT Oxfordshire disembarking on 10 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Residential address at the time of Death was Broken Hill, NSW. During 1925c George married Violet F. Gaylard in Broken Hill, NSW