UPTON, Vivian Clyde
| Service Number: | 7588 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, 5 June 1898 |
| Home Town: | Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 10 January 1966, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lithgow General Cemetery, Bowenfels, New South Wales Anglican area 2, Grave 6A |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 7588, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
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| 14 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 7588, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Nepean Upton and Annie Eliza Upton nee Beatus of Ray Street, Lithgow, NSW. Brother to Thomas Charles Egbert Upton MM & Bar who returned to Australia on 25 October 1919 having served with the 12th and 14th Machine Gum Companies
16 November 1916 - enlisted at Sydney, NSW, with the 2nd Battalion and with the rank of Private
8 March 1918 - transferred to the 12th Machine Gun Company
11 June 1918 - transferred to the 4th Machine Gaun Battalion with the rank of Corporal
18 July 1919 - commenced return to Australia aboard HT Takada disembarking on 7 September 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
8 October 1919 - discharged at the 2nd Military District
During 1932c Vivian married Virginia Alberta Wright in Sydney, NSW
During WW2 Vivian was employed at Small Arms Factory in Lithgow.