Rupert Taylor VOWLES

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Other Name:	Vowles, Rupert - Service Record
Service Number:	5263
Enlisted:	22 August 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Staff Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop
Born:	Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrician
Died:	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 20 January 1973, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Burwood Memorial Arch

22 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5263, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
5 Jan 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 5263, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
5 Jan 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 5263, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, HMAT Afric, Melbourne
24 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 5263, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Full name is Rupert Taylor Vowles but served as Rupert Vowles

Son of Harry Bennet Vowles and Alice May Vowles of Belmore Street, Burwood, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 26 July 1919 aboard HT Burma disembarking on 1 September 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Rupert married Catherine R. Brenning in Moss Vale, NSW