VANSTAN, Francis Joseph
| Service Number: | 2677 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 June 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Moyston, Victoria, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Moyston, Ararat, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 17 October 1960, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Moyston Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Ararat Shire of Ararat WWI Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2677, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 26 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2677, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2677, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2677, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 2677, 7th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Vanstan and Martha Ann Vanstan nee Rudd of Moyston, Victoria. Brother of George Stanley Vanstan MC, MID who returned to Australia on 5 March 1919 having served with the 46th Battalion.
Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1919 aboard HT Soudan disembarking on 29 June 1919
Medals: Meritorious Service Medal, 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Citation - Meritorious Service Medal reads:
A most capable and efficient R.Q.M. Sergeant who has shown exceptional devotion to duty under all circumstances. During the period September 1918, his Battalion was in the line in the vicinity of Peronne. In the absence of a regular Battalion Quarter Master, this Warrant Officer bore the brunt of the responsibility for regulating the whole of the supply of the Battalion, and despite the many difficulties occasioned by enemy shell-fire and bombing activity, succeeded in the highest degree in maintaining a smooth and efficient service and with a minimum amount of inconenience to the troops. Again while the Battalion was resting in the month September-October, 1918, R.Q.M.S. Vanston by his energy greatly facilitiated the comfort and well-being of the troops, by reason of the excellent arrangements he made and good continued judgment shown by him. R.Q.M.S. Vanston has long service both in the line and subsequently in the Q.M. branch, and has always succeeded in a marked degree in reaching a very high standard. London Gazette on 3 June 1919, page 6918, position 70. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 6 October 1919, page 1461, position 42
During 1923c Francis married Alice Phoebe Coad in Victoria