John Henry VIPOND

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Service Number:	267
Enlisted:	22 August 1914, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	60th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Smythesdale, Victoria, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia, 23 November 1949, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated with his ashes scattered at the cemetery. Commemorated in the Ballarat Avenue of Honour Tree Information. Species: Ulmus Sp. Planted By: Miss V. Hayes Plaque: 186
Memorials:

22 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 267, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 267, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 267, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 267, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the index finger on the left hand
24 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 60th Infantry Battalion, From 8thBattalion
14 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 267, 60th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Severe wound to the head fracturing the skull. Embarked for England on 24 October 1917 aboard HS Carisbrook Castle
1 May 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 267, 60th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to fractured skull

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Son of Thomas Vipond and Mary Vipond nee Anderson of Smythesdale, Victoria

Next of kin given as Alice Brown of Mill Street, Ballarat, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 30 January 1918 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 21 March 1918

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal