Frederick RATHGEBER

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Service Numbers:	213, V400530
Enlisted:	2 February 1916, Place of enlistment - Ararat, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	15th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Stawell, Victoria, Australia, 27 September 1896
Home Town:	Stawell, Northern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Repatriation General Hospital, Heidleberg, Victoria, Australia., 7 February 1964, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Plot Cassia.
Memorials:

2 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 213, 39th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Ararat, Victoria
27 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 213, 39th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A11' Ascanius from Melbourne on 27th May 1916, disembarking Devonport, England on 18th July 1916.
19 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 39th Infantry Battalion
2 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 213, 39th Infantry Battalion, Shotgun wound to right forearm and right thigh
23 Jul 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 213, 39th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMT Main from England on 23rd July 1919, disembarking Melbourne, Victoria on 11th October 1919.
3 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 213, 39th Infantry Battalion

27 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, V400530, 15th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
21 Sep 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, V400530, 15th (VIC) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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Son of James and Sarah RATHGEBER, Stawell, Victoria

Brother of 212 Private James Henry Rathgeber - 39th Battalion killed in action France 8th September 1918 (1893)