Alphonse Arnold VILLEPASTOUR MM and Bar

VILLEPASTOUR, Alphonse Arnold

    Service Number: 1412
    Enlisted: 28 November 1914, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 4th Divisional Signal Company
    Born: North Adelaide, South Australia, 15 January 1897
    Home Town: North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
    Schooling: North Adelaide Public School, South Australia
    Occupation: Carpenter & Joiner
    Died: Victoria, 7 November 1957, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
    Roman Catholic, Compartment 9, Section 12. Grave 32
    Memorials: Lower North Adelaide War Memorial WW1, North Adelaide Public School Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    28 Nov 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1412, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Oaklands, SA
    19 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 1412, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
    19 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 1412, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Runic, Melbourne
    9 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Divisional Signal Company
    16 Apr 1917: Honoured Military Medal and bar, Military Medal:- For his gallantry in repairing and maintaining telephone lines during the operations carried out by the 4th Australian infant Brigade on 11th April 1917 at Noreuil. This man on several occasions established communication between Brigade and Battalion Headquarters at a most critical time allowing the Brigadier to obtain information from his Battalion Commanders. he had to travel over country swept by Machine guns and artillery fire, showing undaunted courage and an utter contempt for the enemy fire. London Gazette on 9 July 1917, page 6839, position 83. Bar to Military Medal:- London Gazette on 29 August 1918, page 10110, position 3 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 12 February 1919, page 267, position 12
    25 Jun 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1412, 4th Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Joseph Louis Villepastour and Caroline Gordon Villepastour nee Curtis of  McKinnon Parade, Lower North Adelaide, SA.

    Brother of Honore Louis Villepastour who returned to Australia on 13 February 1917 having served with the 11th Field Company Engineers.

    Commenced return to Australia on 9 March 1919 aboard HT Kashmir disembarking on 12 April 1919

    Medals: Military Medal & Bar, 1914-1915  Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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