Carl Frederick OERTEL

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Service Number:	2375
Enlisted:	20 November 1915, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	12th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Englesburg, Queensland, Australia, 20 April 1892
Home Town:	Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 21 November 1965, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rockhampton Crematorium Garden of Remembrance Wall 7
Memorials:	Boonah War Memorial

20 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2375, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
31 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 2375, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
31 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 2375, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
15 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, Artillery Details , From 2nd Light Horse Regiment
7 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, From Artillery Details
17 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , From 5th Divisional Ammunition Column
24 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 2375, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , Multiple severe wounds. Invalided to England on 29 August 1918
24 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 2375, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 1st Military District as wounded

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Son of Johann David Carl Oertel and Ottilie Augusta Oertel nee Poelitz of ''Templin, Boonah, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 12 December 1918 aboard HS Nestor disembarking on 1 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 12 April 1939 Carl married Gladys Mabel Whiteley in QLD