LLOYD, Victor Kingsley
| Service Numbers: | 1778, N233759 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 September 1914, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 301st Company Mechancial Transport |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, 28 January 1894 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Toowoomba Grammar School, Townsville Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | St Leonards, Sydney, NSW, 15 October 1967, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Townsville Grammar School WWI Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1778, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1778, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 1778, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
World War 2 Service
| 8 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N233759 |
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"Mr. A. P. Lloyd has received advice that his sons Captain F. C. Lloyd, M.C., D.C.M., and Company Sergeant-major A. H. Lloyd, are returning from France by the Demosthenes, which is expected to arrive in Melbourne about September 9. His other sons Sergeants Victor K. Lloyd and N. Cecil Lloyd, had returned previously." - from the Brisbane Courier 02 Sep 1919 (nla.gov.au)
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
VICTOR KINGSLEY LLOYD was born at Toowoomba, Queensland, on 27th January, 1894, the son of Mr. Arthur Pearce Lloyd and Mrs. Alma Mary Lloyd. He was educated at the Toowoomba Grammar School and Townsville Grammar School, entering the service of the Bank on 11th June, 1912, at Townsville. He was transferred in the following November to Brisbane.
Victor Lloyd enlisted as a private in the A.I.F. in October, 1914, and left Queensland with the First Divisional Ammunition Column on 22nd December, 1914. He was afterwards transferred to the 43rd Battery of Field Artillery, 4th Division, and promoted to corporal in February, 1915. He landed at Gallipoli with that unit in April, 1915.
For distinguished service on the peninsula he was mentioned in General Birdwood’s despatches, and received promotion to sergeant in June, 1915. After returning to Egypt he went on to France, where he completed service abroad amounting to four years and fifty-five days.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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