Ernest Alfred VICKERY

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Service Number:	50
Enlisted:	16 March 1915, Enlisted at Portland, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Casterton, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Casterton, Glenelg, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 5 February 1984, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Australian War Wall A, Inscription 001
Memorials:

16 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 50, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Portland, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 50, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 50, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
3 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 50, 24th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left eye
11 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 50, Second occasion. Gassed
29 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 50, 24th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of John Vickery and Mary Rebecca Vickery nee Peskett of Casterton, Victoria.

Brother of Norman Vickery who return to Australia in 1915 having served with the 14th Battalion.

Commenced return to Australia on 9 March 1919 aboard HT Kashmir disembarking on 30 April 1919

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

During 1920c Ernest married Elizabeth Coleman Cochrane in Victoria

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