Rupert Carl
Wertheim
Male
Australia
1893-12-22
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1933-10-11
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
From a former website on the Wertheim family
Enlisting on 16 June 1915 as a private with the 23rd Battalion A.I.F, Rupert Wertheim arrived at Gallipoli just over a month before the end of that fatal campaign before transferring to the 2nd Pioneer Battalion as 2nd lieutenant on 19 March 1916 and took part in the unit’s operations at Pozières in July-August, where it lost 202 casualties, and at Flers in November.
In January 1917, he was seconded for duty with the Intelligence Corps and posted to the 2nd Australian Divisional Headquarters. He figured prominently in operations during 1917, in particular Menin Road in September when steps were taken to prepare for the inevitable German counter-attack. Historian C.E.W. Bean wrote: “To obtain early news of it [the counter-attack], German prisoners as they arrived were taken to forward centres for interrogation, and by 7 a.m. Captain Wertheim learned from one of them that the counter-attack division for that sector lay at Moorslede and Waterdamhoek, and would probably come up in omnibuses and debouch about 9 or 10 a.m. from the north of Polygon Wood.”
Largely for the important role he played in the campaign by providing this vital information of the planned counter-attack, Wertheim had the privilege of being mentioned in the personal despatches of the commander-in-chief of the British Army, Sir Douglas Haig on 7 November 1917. In March 1918, three months after the five Australian Divisions were finally unified into an Australian Corps, Wertheim was transferred to Corps Headquarters and took part in the great advances of that year. Three times mentioned in despatches, he returned to Australia in February 1919.
In civilian life, Wertheim co-founded with Clive Williams a stock and share brokerage firm of Williams & Wertheim (Collins Street, Melbourne) and continued to play tennis until in 1929 he was struck with a debilitating illness that left him bed stricken for two years. Eighteen months before his death he defied doctor’s orders and went about his business affairs until he suddenly collapsed in the city and died at Mount Saint Evin’s Hospital, East Melbourne, on 11 October 1933 aged 39 survived by his wife Marjorie (née Felsted) and three sons.
1905 - 1929
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1922 - Riviera Championships (Amateur)
1919 - Geelong Easter Tournament (Amateur)
Round 1
Bunny Austin 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
3-6
6-4
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Harry M.T. Hicks
6-0
6-1
6-3
Round 3
Harry Hopman 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-3
3-6
6-2
4-6
6-4
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
James Black
6-1
6-3
6-8
6-4
Round 3
Richard Schlesinger 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-2
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
C. Stewart
6-1
6-0
Round 3
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
L.D. Colechin
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Horace Walter Norbourne Crebbin 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Basil Shaw Fitchett
6-2
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Alan John Clyde Reed
6-3
3-6
6-4
8-6
Semifinals
Paul Albrecht Haege 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-3
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Thomas E. Robinson
w.o.
Round 2
Pat O'Hara Wood 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-3
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Howard Samuel Allmond Bungey
6-1
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Dr Francis Raymond (Frank) Hone
6-2
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Roy Latham Billing
6-4
3-6
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Ernest Rowe 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-2
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Jack Cummings 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-3
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
James Elsmere B. McCausland
6-1
3-6
6-2
4-6
6-4
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Guy Rex Williams
6-4
3-6
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Jack Crawford 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-2
6-1
8-6
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
William Sydney Carr
6-4
3-6
7-5
Semifinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Jack B. Turner
6-1
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Edgar Moon 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-1
6-2
0-6
6-3
Round 1
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Jack B. Turner
6-2
6-0
6-4
Round 2
Ernest Rowe 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
7-5
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Frank W. Broadhurst
6-4
6-0
7-5
Round 2
Jack Cummings 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
4-6
6-4
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Jack Cummings 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-4
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Cyril Gardiner Carr
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Eric Lindsay Brownell Nall
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
7-5
5-7
6-1
Round 1
Dudley Bremer Bullough 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-1
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Fred Kalms 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-1
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Edward Druce (Ted) Yencken
6-3
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Ian Donald McInnes
2-6
6-1
6-4
7-5
Quarterfinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Gerald Patterson
6-4
3-6
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Thomas King (Timothy) Fitchett 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
3-6
6-3
1-6
6-1
9-7
Round 1
Round 2
Gordon William Rivers Dickinson 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
7-5
6-3
4-6
6-3
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Norman William Strange
6-1
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Sir Clive Hamilton Fitts
6-2
7-5
6-1
Quarterfinals
Fred Kalms 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
5-7
5-7
6-1
6-1
8-6
Round 1
Charles Joseph Finlayson 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-3
6-3
ret.
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Stewart Hamilton Henderson
6-8
4-6
7-5
6-0
7-5
Round 3
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Leslie Edward (Les) Baker
7-5
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Jim Willard 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-4
1-6
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Leslie Glen Addison
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Gordon William Rivers Dickinson
9-7
6-2
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
8-6
6-4
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Irvine Owen Gaze
4-6
6-1
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-2
6-3
2-6
6-2
Round 1
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
W.A. McClelland
6-0
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
H.A. Waxman
7-5
7-5
6-2
Round 3
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Samuel Eades Jamison
6-3
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
8-6
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Cyril Gardiner Carr
6-3
9-11
6-2
Quarterfinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
L. Lineen
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
K. Langlands
6-0
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Sir Clive Hamilton Fitts
6-3
6-3
6-4
Round 3
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Leslie Newburn Rainey
6-3
9-7
5-7
6-2
Quarterfinals
Richard Schlesinger 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
7-5
3-6
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Arthur Ferdinand Yencken
6-2
6-2
6-1
Round 3
Norman Peach 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
14-16
3-6
6-4
13-11
6-0
Round 1
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Robert Harry Hotham
6-2
6-1
6-0
Round 2
André Gobert 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-4
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Jack Hillyard 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Thomas C. Leonards 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
w.o.
Round 1
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
T.N. Mitchell
6-2
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Samuel Eades Jamison
6-1
6-4
6-1
Round 3
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Ernest Rowe
5-7
4-6
6-3
6-4
7-5
Quarterfinals
Ronald Victor Thomas 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-2
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Charles Hope
6-3
4-6
6-2
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
P. Marsden
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Eliot (Leonard) Crawshay-Williams
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Giovanni (Mino) Balbi de Robecco 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-1
8-6
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
D.L. Morgan
6-3
7-9
9-7
Quarterfinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
C.B. Waterlow
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Guy Louis Albert Brian
6-2
6-2
Final
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
P. Marsden
6-2
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Captain Russell Brown
6-0
8-6
Quarterfinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Francis Aimé Waller
w.o.
Semifinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Cunliffe Brooke-Leggatt
5-7
6-1
6-2
Final
Samuel Percy Hardy 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-3
6-4
6-4
Final
Brian Norton 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Charles Roupell 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Ewart Kingsley Roberts
7-5
6-2
2-6
9-11
6-2
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Dr Harold John Penny
6-0
6-0
6-4
Round 3
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Norman Roberts
6-3
6-4
3-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Noel Mervyn Heath
6-3
6-3
5-7
10-8
Semifinals
Pat O'Hara Wood 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-3
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Harold Stewart (Barney) Utz
12-10
6-1
6-1
Round 3
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
4-6
7-5
3-6
6-0
6-2
Round 1
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Clive Ormsby Priestley
6-3
8-6
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Leighton J. Brewer
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Eric Lindsay Brownell Nall
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Richard Schlesinger 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
T.W. Scotney
6-3
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Norman William Strange
6-1
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Norman Peach 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-2
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
W.R. MacPherson
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Victor Hopetoun Carr
2-6
7-5
6-0
Quarterfinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
William Sydney Carr
8-6
6-4
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
7-5
8-6
Round 1
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Edwin Traugott Noske
8-6
6-4
6-1
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson
6-2
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Leslie Newburn Rainey
6-4
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
Ronald Victor Thomas 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
1-6
6-4
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
N.A. Taylor
6-3
4-6
4-6
6-3
7-5
Round 3
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Horace Rice
6-4
10-8
9-11
6-2
Quarterfinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Norman Roberts
6-0
3-6
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Gerald Patterson 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-3
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Cyril Gardiner Carr
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
William Sydney Carr
3-6
6-0
6-0
Semifinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Victor Hopetoun Carr
6-2
6-4
Final
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Norman Roberts
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Charles Joseph Finlayson
6-3
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
H.D. Varley
6-1
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
John Bailey (Jack) Hawkes
7-5
2-6
1-6
6-3
9-7
Semifinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Samuel Percival England
6-2
6-3
6-2
Final
Thomas King (Timothy) Fitchett 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
4-6
10-8
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Lindsay Todd
6-2
6-2
4-6
6-3
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Horace Rice
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Arthur Roy Taylor
6-3
6-4
3-6
6-3
Semifinals
Arthur O'Hara Wood 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-3
6-0
3-6
6-4
Round 1
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Lindsay Todd
6-2
6-2
4-6
6-3
Round 2
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Horace Rice
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Arthur Roy Taylor
6-3
6-4
3-6
6-3
Semifinals
Arthur O'Hara Wood 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-3
6-0
3-6
6-4
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Frederick Charles Bromley
6-2
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Ronald Victor Thomas 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-3
9-7
6-0
Round 1
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Lindsay Todd
6-3
10-12
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Harry Alabaster Parker 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
5-7
6-4
6-3
7-5
Round 1
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Mr. Cust
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Bertram George (Bert) Cooke
w.o.
Semifinals
P. Rudd 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
4-6
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Charles Dixon 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-3
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
Leslie Norman Roebuck
6-4
2-6
7-5
6-4
Quarterfinals
Rupert Wertheim 1 *
R.M. Gillespie
6-3
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Arthur O'Hara Wood 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-3
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Robert Monteith Rolland 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
9-7
7-5
6-4
Round 2
Robert Monteith Rolland 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
9-7
7-5
6-4
Round 2
Geoffrey Morton Ollivier 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-1
6-3
6-2
Round 2
George Miéville Simond 1 *
Rupert Wertheim
6-1
6-0