Benjamin John VAUGHAN

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Service Number:	5979
Enlisted:	6 May 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	North Fitzroy, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tinsmith
Died:	Vermont, Victoria, Australia, 22 August 1981, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Roman Catholic Compartment E, Section 13, Grave 07. Interred on 25 August 1981
Memorials:

6 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5979, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 5979, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 5979, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
20 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5979, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Benjamin John Vaughan and Charotte Clair formerly Vaughan nee Garner of Alfred Crescent, North Fitzroy, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 7 July 1919 aboard HT Chemnitz disembarking on 5 September 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1923c Benjamin married Olive May Saddington in Victoria.