STEINHAUSER, Victor Charles
| Service Numbers: | 1770, 1770A |
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| Enlisted: | 24 January 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Clunes, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Postal assistant |
| Memorials: | Clunes Soldiers Pictorial Honour Roll, Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1 |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1770, 60th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1770A, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1770A, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 16 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 8 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1770, 59th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second) | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1770, 59th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, SW to head and right shoulder/chest. Evacuated to UK. Rejoined unit 7 May 1918. | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1770, 59th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens | |
| 2 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1770, 59th Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, GSW to right leg sustained at Peronne. Evacuated to UK, then Australia. | |
| 21 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1770, 59th Infantry Battalion, RTA 24 December 1918 and discharged as MU (wounds). |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Victor Charles Steinhauser, aged 18, enlisted in the AIF in Melbourne on 24 January 1916. He embarked overseas on 4 May and arrived in Egypt on 10 June 1916. He left Egypt and arrived in Marseilles on 8 August 1916, however returned to England and was hospitalised for three months with various skin ailments. After his discharge on 23 November, he arrived back in France on 7 December.
He was transferred to the 59th Battalion on 16 February 1917 and saw his first major action during Second Bullecourt from 8 May 1917. The battalion then moved north to Belgium, and he sustained shrapnel wounds to his head and right shoulder during the Battle of Polygon Wood on 26 September 1917. He eventually returned to the battalion on 7 May 1918 and was then involved in further action at Amiens during the allied offensive from 8 August 1918.
He was in action again on 2 September 1918 when he sustained a gunshot wound to his right leg during the 5th Division’s move through Peronne. He was evacuated to England and spent many weeks in hospital, however never fully recovered from his wound.
He departed England on 24 December 1918 and arrived back in Melbourne on 11 February 1919, where he was medically discharged from the AIF on 21 March 1919.
Source: Extract from "Clunes Soldiers Memorial Panel" by Robert Wight, June 2022.
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