Jack VANDYK

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Service Number:	5911
Enlisted:	19 June 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, 10 November 1900
Home Town:	Punchbowl, Canterbury, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, 11 August 1955, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Cremated
Memorials:

19 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5911, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW

7 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 5911, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 5911, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
20 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5911, 17th Infantry Battalion
9 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5911, 17th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the right leg
19 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5911, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Gave his age at enlistment as 18 but was about 15 years old.

Son of Cornelius Hendricus Vandyk and Marie Vandyk of Mayville Estate Violet Street, Punchbowl, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 7 February 1919 aboard HT Lancashire disembarking on 24 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Pauline Mary Vandyk nee Fenwick. Jack and Pauline married during in 1924c.