Graham VIGAR

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Service Number:	1983
Enlisted:	3 February 1916, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 15 November 1888
Home Town:	Canterbury, Canterbury, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 1948, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

3 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1983, 59th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
4 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 1983, 59th 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, 1983, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
29 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, From 59th Battalion
24 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1983, 57th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the shoulder. Transferred to England on 30 April 1918
20 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1983, 57th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Amory Vigar and Catherine McKergow formerly Vigar nee Graham of First Street, Canterbury, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 10 June 1919 aboard HT Port Lyttleton disembarking on 5 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c Graham married Mary Dunn in Ashfield, NSW.