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VIVIAN, Walter
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5332 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Mount Albert, Victoria, Australia, January 1959, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 22 January 1959. Originally interred in the Melaleuca area but has now expired |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5332, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 5 Jan 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5332, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jan 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5332, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Afric, Melbourne | |
| 25 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Divisional Signal Company, At Abbeville | |
| 21 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5332, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Walter Herbert Vivian and Martha Sophia Vivian nee Horsington of Cunningham Street, South Yarra, Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1919 aboard HT Soudan disembarking on 29 June 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1923c Walter married Alice Constance Vivian in Victoria.