James Edward VIGOR

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Service Number:	1758
Enlisted:	7 January 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire, England, 16 August 1891
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Coopers Plains, Queensland, Australia, 16 June 1981, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 41 Section 39
Memorials:

7 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1758, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
12 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1758, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
12 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1758, 52nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Mooltan, Sydney
16 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion, From 52nd Battalion
18 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1758, 49th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Walter Vigor and Sarah Vigor nee Monday of Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England later of Bedfordshire, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 15 June 1919 aboard HT Swakopmund disembarking on 2 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 28 November 1931 James married Evelyn Myrtle Davidson in QLD. In 1958 James was residing in Russell Street, South Brisbane, QLD.

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