Rudolph Philp Botha VISSER

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VISSER, Rudolph Philp Botha

Service Number:	805
Enlisted:	4 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	1st Divisional Ammunition Column
Born:	Richmond, Cape Colony, South Africa, 1879
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, 22 February 1946, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia Section, Drive B, Path 6, Grave 162AC. Interred on the 24 February 1946
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World War 1 Service

4 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 805, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
8 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 805, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hymettus embarkation_ship_number: A1 public_note: ''
8 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 805, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Hymettus, Sydney
16 Jul 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 805, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Wound to the scalp. Embarked HS Soudan on 27 July 1915 for Cairo Hospital
1 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , From 7th Light Horse Regiment
11 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, From 10th Field Artillery Brigade
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Driver, 805
24 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 805, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to chronic rheumatism

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Christian Abraham Visser and E.I. Van Derwe formerly Visser of Pretoria, South Africa.

Apprenticed to J.L. Bolt of Johannesburg, South Africa for three years.

Commenced return to Australia on 31 July 1918 aboard HT Malta disembarking on 28 September 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 1 September 1921 Rudolph married Alice Cannings in the Chalmers Manse, Adelaide, SA.

Residential address at the time of death was Myrtle Bank, SA.

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