David VANCE

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Service Numbers:	991, 18031
Enlisted:	8 August 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	1st Field Squadron Engineers AIF
Born:	Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Glebe, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, 27 August 1946, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Municipality Of Waterloo Roll of Service No. 1

8 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 991, 4th Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 991, 4th Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, SS Te Anau, Sydney
20 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 991, 4th Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Te Anau embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
1 Jan 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 991, 4th Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Discharged at the 2nd Military District
26 Feb 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 18031, 1st and 2nd Field Troops, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
9 May 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 18031, 1st and 2nd Field Troops, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
9 May 1917:	Embarked Sapper, 18031, 1st and 2nd Field Troops, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney
24 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Field Squadron Engineers AIF
10 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 18031, 1st Field Squadron Engineers AIF, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of David Vance and Catherine Vance of Glebe, NSW.

Husband of Elizabeth Vance nee Wilson of Glebe Street, Glebe, NSW. David and Elizbeth married during 1908c in Waterloo, NSW.

Returned to Australia from Rabaul on 1 January 1917 aboard SS Marsina for discharge

Medal: British War Medal

Commenced return to Australia on 3 July 1918 aboard HT Malta