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VOUSDEN, Valentine Ryan
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 706 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 February 1915, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to C Company 22nd Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria on establishment of Unit posted to strength on 1st May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dublin Ireland, 21 September 1865 |
| Home Town: | Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Monologue Entertainer |
| Died: | Natural Causes , Brisbane Queensland Australia , 28 December 1934, aged 69 years |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 706, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to C Company 22nd Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria on establishment of Unit posted to strength on 1st May 1915 | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 706, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 706, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 12 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 706, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 3 Nov 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Miscellaneous Hospitals, Evacuated to Malta with fever and Myalgia for treatment and convalescence | |
| 19 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the Battalion to join the BEF France for duty | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 706, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 26 Sep 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 706, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Evacuated to England for treatment and convalescence from Belgium Rheumatoid arthritis severe | |
| 21 Jul 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 706, 22nd Infantry Battalion, RTA 3MD Melbourne medically unfit for discharge Overage and Rheumatoid arthritis | |
| 7 Nov 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 706, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit Overage |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Pam Hamilton
22nd Battalion Association noted that Val Vousden was the oldest Private Soldier serving with the Battalion on Gallipoli in 1915, at the Age of 50 years.
Private Vousden stated his age on enlistment being 43 years of age.